tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81484297445967634462024-03-15T22:01:47.171-04:00Our Sky AstrologyMary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.comBlogger274125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-8129779546900033122024-01-30T11:14:00.002-05:002024-01-30T12:43:54.611-05:00Egyptian King Farouk Invades Israel 1948<p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">I'm seeing a lot of stuff on the net about Israel/Palestine. I'm not going into my personal feelings here, just adding some pertinent info that seems to be falling through the cracks. The chart is for the morning several Arab countries invaded newly declared Israel. Pluto and Saturn in their historic meeting were rising as the invasion unfolded, with the new Moon right between them. All three planets were in the Leo section of the ecliptic. A collection of 'Arab kings' were determined to expel a newly formed state of 'western colonizers' and rushing to beat each other in a grab for power.</span></p><p><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">A quote from Wikipedia article on <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farouk_of_Egypt">King Farouk</a>: In May 1948, the prime minister </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_El_Nokrashy_Pasha" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha">Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> advised against going to war with Israel, saying the Egyptian Army was not ready for war.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStadiem1991276_182-0" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farouk_of_Egypt#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStadiem1991276-182" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[182]</a></sup><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> However, King Farouk overruled him, as he feared the growing popularity of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was clamoring for war with Israel.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStadiem1991276_182-1" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farouk_of_Egypt#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStadiem1991276-182" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[182]</a></sup></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0_UyXussE_ynNtlwKIop21tKx8RdWWWMRtNi6Vp8LWS8ZW_e1ze0v5alTYJdbzfN2c_5Pyo1sjSaVB9yn7DpaGnGjxEK_jjY8G1K5jmyb7scltuujssiBmTEXvcSeDHPltJfPRQiaQuqNIgh9IRV4QTQlddhYP7AY7WRiPFO3fJ7eZ5dbn69l4oJJJ_w/s1102/astro_2gw_egypt_invades_nirim_he.54407.2086488.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0_UyXussE_ynNtlwKIop21tKx8RdWWWMRtNi6Vp8LWS8ZW_e1ze0v5alTYJdbzfN2c_5Pyo1sjSaVB9yn7DpaGnGjxEK_jjY8G1K5jmyb7scltuujssiBmTEXvcSeDHPltJfPRQiaQuqNIgh9IRV4QTQlddhYP7AY7WRiPFO3fJ7eZ5dbn69l4oJJJ_w/s16000/astro_2gw_egypt_invades_nirim_he.54407.2086488.png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Wikipedia article on <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farouk_of_Egypt">Farouk</a> is long but packed with enough salacious details to satisfy any fan of lush life exposés. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This is from the Wikipedia article on <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Rahman_Hassan_Azzam">Azzam Pasha</a>:</span> <span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">Azzam believed that </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_I_of_Jordan" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Abdullah I of Jordan">King Abdullah of Jordan</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> had decided to move his forces into Palestine on 15 May, regardless of what the other Arabs did, and would occupy the Arab part of Palestine (blaming other Arab states for failure). </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Farouk" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="King Farouk">King Farouk</a><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;"> resolved to contain Abdullah and prevent him from gaining further influence and power in the Arab arena.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Rahman_Hassan_Azzam#cite_note-30" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[30]</a></sup></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm deeply disturbed by current events. But that's ok. It motivates me to learn as much as I can about the situation. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I've watched several videos of Israeli Oct 7 survivors. I've also watched some videos about and <a href="https://youtu.be/ukGnR2akr_4?si=iwzA-S0PJpMFmC7R">by Edward Said</a>. I like Said, but feel compelled to raise my hand and say, "Yes, you have an important account to give the world about the suffering of your childhood community of Palestinians, but what about the Arab invasion?</span>"</p><p>One last quote: <span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 16px;">At the last moment, several Arab leaders, to avert catastrophe – secretly appealed to the British to hold on in Palestine for at least another year.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Morris2008p185_151-0" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War#cite_note-Morris2008p185-151" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[147]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Tucker528_152-0" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War#cite_note-Tucker528-152" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[148]</a></sup></p>Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-56545571894365003062023-12-20T12:38:00.002-05:002024-03-14T22:48:48.830-04:00The Kindness of Venus in Scorpio<p><span style="font-size: large;">I am often asked why the time of birth from a birth certificate is important. An astrological example from a memorable moment of life is a good way to illustrate the power of knowing the exact time and place of first breath. Today's post is such an example in my chart.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Venus passed over the location of my natal Moon yesterday, Dec 19. It was late, actually I should have said the transit was last night. I was going to the car to do a couple of night errands; I needed to pick up a winter jacket I had left at my customer's house Monday, the day before, and then head to the Food Lion (the one on Avent Ferry that stays open till midnight) for onions and greens etc. </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jsz55JMzK-3Rzhu2R1HVRa5CFxXLXL8ijwlNuLlIQfRTJ7jRcDvTxEijhVwBn1blaG_z-Yesn8bBEry2zMkUg1QHym90tALkVtkj5DuvyGdyKYZ_mC6ru53Yis4vu_UcnehxG_cUL54Zr7F3N80f4Bavj9zcs4Pzk_4zuck_4z6iNOwAVrV1stqjccgB/s1102/astro_2gw_finding_brownie_he.18788.130502.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jsz55JMzK-3Rzhu2R1HVRa5CFxXLXL8ijwlNuLlIQfRTJ7jRcDvTxEijhVwBn1blaG_z-Yesn8bBEry2zMkUg1QHym90tALkVtkj5DuvyGdyKYZ_mC6ru53Yis4vu_UcnehxG_cUL54Zr7F3N80f4Bavj9zcs4Pzk_4zuck_4z6iNOwAVrV1stqjccgB/s16000/astro_2gw_finding_brownie_he.18788.130502.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Venus is in 3rd house (bottom left quadrant of circle) at 18°♏15'</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As I was walking to the car I called for Brownie - she'd been missing since Monday when I left for work at lunch time. She was not out front in the morn, when I got up, waiting patiently in the sun, facing the front door so she could see me when I looked out the little window. There was still no sign of her when I left for work just before 1pm. I wasn't worried, just figured that was lucky because I was running a bit late and feeling very sluggish. If she had been out front I would have been pressed to return to the house to put crunchies in her dish and fresh water in her bowl. She does occasionally skip a meal. Saturday night I was up till 4am cleaning windows to beat the coming storm. And she was in and out the whole time. Then Sunday while it rained all day she spent a lot of time inside and on my lap. It seemed natural that she would want to enjoy the clear skies after so much time in the house. She likes to lick water from the various buckets I use to catch the rain. There was a wide assortment of freshly filled buckets to taste from. So even though I didn't see her around I figured she'd be waiting for dinner when I got home from work.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It was after dark, 7:15 and pretty chilly. I missed her meeting me at the car, meowing loudly as she approached the driver's side door. Lately, she is at the foot of the driveway and wanders from one side to the other a couple of times; I stop, back up a bit and talk to her from behind the windshield, asking her to get out of the way. Ugh, wondering if I will have to put the car in park, turn off the engine and get out to move her, but no, she always crosses to the roots of the giant oak tree eventually. I pull in the driveway, park the car, and our evening conversion begins as soon as I exit with my bag of cleaning gloves, and 'cleaning uniform', an old pair of shorts and a t-shirt covered with bleach marks. We talk all the way to the mailbox and into the house. Unless it's really cold she stops at the door and waits for me to come back out with food.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">On the bottom left of the chart you can see Venus; most non astrologers will recognize it as the female symbol, but don't be fooled, Venus is about much more than traditional notions of sex and gender. That pie slice is the 3rd house counting counter clockwise from the AC (ascendent). When we say Venus is in the 3rd house we are saying it is in the 3rd section of the ecliptic lined up to rise above the eastern horizon. See the Sun (little circle with dot) in the 4th house? Right now Venus is a morning 'star', it rises before the Sun, so early birds can see it in the wee hours of darkness right before daylight.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">At 9:54 Tuesday night, when I found Brownie's corpse on the other side of the street, Raleigh was turning back toward the Scorpio area of the ecliptic where Venus is currently traveling. The Sun is almost finished going through Capricorn, while Venus is flyng through the second half of Scorpio. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Plato had Timeaus talk extensively about how our casual notions of up and down are very misleading. The chart makes it look like Venus will eventually (in about 6.5 hours) cross above the horizontal line, but actually, we in Raleigh are revolving toward Venus and it just looks to us like 'her' beautiful light rises up out of the sea of darkness before daybreak. </span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUkK5vbE0kY0woKXsK19JzFYgXYYD2XUIwLh6eNgDg30_k4LzEgrAjkdxwpkzZ3cYEj-S0cLurw9Rb_4iXA2gKm5H98jkhD7Hjy7dvW_zgVmkCTsglZ_jST5wMKqRY8RVLATaUXrOOv2juX24cFDRnGQjqZwC-3IrdE93uceTgXvt307xwByW9iE_3XUs/s1102/astro_2gw_minutes_before_finding_brownie_he.50668.76591.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUkK5vbE0kY0woKXsK19JzFYgXYYD2XUIwLh6eNgDg30_k4LzEgrAjkdxwpkzZ3cYEj-S0cLurw9Rb_4iXA2gKm5H98jkhD7Hjy7dvW_zgVmkCTsglZ_jST5wMKqRY8RVLATaUXrOOv2juX24cFDRnGQjqZwC-3IrdE93uceTgXvt307xwByW9iE_3XUs/s16000/astro_2gw_minutes_before_finding_brownie_he.50668.76591.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When we go backwards in time, by 12 minutes, we can see Sun in 5th house and Pluto in 6th. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I do feel the loss, but writing about the detailed order of our sister planets helps enormously to keep me focused on the long haul of life. A taste of immortality does actually diminish the ache of loss and worry about failure.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So there she had probably lain, her corpse at least, since Monday morning when she did not show up for breakfast. All those times I had called her, night and day, her body was within hearing distance. But the breath of life was gone. Psyche in Greek, ruach in Hebrew. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I skooped her up in an old towel, placed her on a rug in the mudroom, it was down in the 20's last night so I was not worried about bugs yet, then I went to run my night errands with no more worries about where she was.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">That's the kindness of Venus in Scorpio. </span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizavN9hzt1-CUGkRV8D7YPySdcetACvUisEj4oh4X9PfdWj5JhPeGkN-KRuVrZuU_Fxf15kS9DfPSuWiPonTd6-Xfq6QcdelkEb-Avac4jqIWVjx6kbN23c6lL8QpTbc5MEM-aecjZSYhCemYo7NV165SBBR1cQwdCi4_hNThNIGSTr7jwar-VcCUsMz3G/s1102/astro_2gw_mp_he.58432.250670.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizavN9hzt1-CUGkRV8D7YPySdcetACvUisEj4oh4X9PfdWj5JhPeGkN-KRuVrZuU_Fxf15kS9DfPSuWiPonTd6-Xfq6QcdelkEb-Avac4jqIWVjx6kbN23c6lL8QpTbc5MEM-aecjZSYhCemYo7NV165SBBR1cQwdCi4_hNThNIGSTr7jwar-VcCUsMz3G/s16000/astro_2gw_mp_he.58432.250670.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My natal chart showing Moon at 18°♏ 14' in the 2nd house.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">My natal Moon is 18° ♏ 14'. During the 12 minutes that I was making my mind up to pick up the jacket and go to the store, instead of putting it off till morn, Venus was passing over the place where the Moon was the moment I was born. The Moon travels at least 12° in the Zodiac every 24 hours. That means it takes about 1 minute of clock time for the Moon to travel half a minute in the Zodiac, which is about 1/120 of a degree. That's pretty specific. We're not talking about Venus being in the same sign as my natal Moon - Venus has been in Scorpio since Dec 5. That's 2 weeks. We're not even talking about the same degree. Venus right now takes about 24 hours to pass through a degree. We're talking about the 12 minutes of clock time Venus took to pass through 1/2 a minute of the Zodiac - the same 1/2 minute of arc my natal Moon passed through in just one clock minute 65 years ago.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Only by having my exact time of birth from my birth certificate could I know that last night, while I was about to find Brownie's body, Venus was moving over the same position as the Moon when I drew my first breath.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Brownie was 21 years old when she died. Though she ate and lingered around my husband as he used to sit on the front porch, noone could touch her. Her greatest fear was to be touched by us or enter the house. That was when she first appeared. She was young, but already full size. She never sprung or jumped from one place to the other. After a few years and auspicious but seemingly tragic events: she lost a litter of kittens to a predator and tried to steal another litter from the cat who left her babies in my closet to go out. I had no screen in my bedroom window, and she snuck in to nurse the babies. Only then could we touch her. Gradually over many years she came to love sitting on our lap or having her thick winter coat brushed out in the summer. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">She never iniated play like a kitten. She would occasionally swat at a crumpled paper at the end of a string. Sometimes at night I would see her stalking something under the street light. But there was always something very humble, practical and uncatlike about her.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Scorpio is associated with procreation and death.</span></p>Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-78999408989964846602023-11-17T11:37:00.004-05:002023-11-17T12:01:53.417-05:00The Hour is Nigh<p> <br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A further quote from Philo. I just love that this is stuff people were reading when Jesus was walking on Earth.</span></p><p>XXV. (77) And some one may inquire the cause why it was that man was the last work in the
creation of the world. For the Creator and Father created him after every thing else as the sacred
scriptures inform us. Accordingly, they who have gone most deeply into the laws, and who to the
best of their power have investigated everything that is contained in them with all diligence, say that
God, when he had given to man to partake of kindred with himself, grudged him neither reason,
which is the most excellent of all gifts, nor anything else that is good; but before his creation,
provided for him every thing in the world, as for the animal most resembling himself, and dearest to
him, being desirous that when he was born, he should be in want of nothing requisite for living, and
for living well; the first of which objects is provided for by the abundance of supplies which are
furnished to him for his enjoyment,<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><i><b> and the other by his power of contemplation of the heavenly
bodies, </b></i></span>by which the mind is smitten so as to conceive a love and desire for knowledge on those
subjects; <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><i>owing to which desire, philosophy has sprung up, by which, man, though mortal, is made
immortal.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wG_Ni-EuUoNlHyVApYWMHa3JEP7VA_XRr12aVs_DMOTnjBlkiokKMnfpkilupz-uapMec2if_uP6QZDwrd7W3rj1ssDOj_zvOfzozXW6LxroKcdpCtswCh_9nszQJ99bvPhis-O5Wk4b7xzDazDMvUTIkx9GLEneLwqfHb6yOXrPCCmT5qq3e6D-xWPP/s1102/Mars%20conjunct%20Sun.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wG_Ni-EuUoNlHyVApYWMHa3JEP7VA_XRr12aVs_DMOTnjBlkiokKMnfpkilupz-uapMec2if_uP6QZDwrd7W3rj1ssDOj_zvOfzozXW6LxroKcdpCtswCh_9nszQJ99bvPhis-O5Wk4b7xzDazDMvUTIkx9GLEneLwqfHb6yOXrPCCmT5qq3e6D-xWPP/s16000/Mars%20conjunct%20Sun.png" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">This Mars conjunction of Sun is getting to me. A bit of astrology helps distract my mind from all the distressing thoughts generated by distressing events. They're always out there. But sometimes they really grab our attention and squeeeeeze! They wring it like the final spin on a Maytag wash cycle. <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Sooo - in case anyone is wondering how I got this time. It really is not hard to get to. Just follow these 7 easy FREE steps. We're entering the deep, dark secrets of the Swiss ephemeris. Oooh! This will be an adventure for sure.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">First go to the astro.com page. Go from All about Astrology (at top of page) > Ephemeris > 9000 Years Ephemeris > Planetary Cycles > Mars Cycles 1600-2100. I made the images for these steps small, but you can click on them to get a better look.<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0krdu09S3ensZhZeSP4mzF6pDzX3A2l3htj3TvLvMlm4eHPEWvIvVRaQZ5VQXqHARp-SB5feKva4QSQve-qgiSGANYPnCM4wlj-ViwAxi3rB70me7tzWq6L_azSSY2Gcw_Agwi-jto3hXV7k9qoLsLitSwnYrkiYrfbR3cEaW9H6_a4ziGjWrQFU3bEj/s1920/step%201%20ephemeris.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0krdu09S3ensZhZeSP4mzF6pDzX3A2l3htj3TvLvMlm4eHPEWvIvVRaQZ5VQXqHARp-SB5feKva4QSQve-qgiSGANYPnCM4wlj-ViwAxi3rB70me7tzWq6L_azSSY2Gcw_Agwi-jto3hXV7k9qoLsLitSwnYrkiYrfbR3cEaW9H6_a4ziGjWrQFU3bEj/w400-h225/step%201%20ephemeris.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Now for the wand waving -- That 5:43 time next to the Nov 18 date is UT which is kind of like GMT. <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EfK-WX2pa8c">(London Calling)</a> If you scroll back up and look in box of info above the chart you'll see Time and then Univ Time right under that. To get the time for Raleigh, I subtracted 5 hours from the Univ Time. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I got a chart for Nov 18, 2023 Raleigh, NC 00:43 and there you can see (in the bottom left quadrant) Sun right next to Mars at 25Scorpio37. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-18096496790080458412023-11-10T12:20:00.004-05:002023-11-15T17:20:50.225-05:00Venus Ruling in Sign of Diplomacy<p>The chart below is for the moment the following phrase came into my mind: </p><p><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">They anthropomorphized universal traits and called them gods.</span></i></b></p><p>For several months I've been pondering the ancient Greek stories of gods, especially as told in the Illiad. I have struggled for years with the Bible, mythologies of various cultures and miracle stories. I used to find them all very irritating and just wanted to make them go away like flies at a picnic.</p><p>Now, on the internet, we all have access to scholarly presentations from people who are steeped in the languages and cultures from which these tall tales originate. It's so refreshing to get a respectful but sober perspective on these ancient writings. Here is a link to one of my favorites <a href="https://chs.harvard.edu/chapter/1-menis-and-cosmic-status-in-the-hierarchy-of-peers/#noteref_n.5">Mueller on Menis</a>.</p><p>I still have many moments of profound irritation: do they really have to make it all so convoluted and complicated? And after a break from study, a return to the everyday ups and downs of human existence, I am reminded of just how frought and complicated life is, all life. Scientifically and psychologically life is a barrel of monkeys and very often a fight to the death.</p><p>Sure, when we get a better look we can see that the nucleic acids in our cells are all neatly wound on spools, and the amino acids in the proteins that hum away like invisible robots hidden deep in our cells are all folded according to a rule that precedes the oldest form of human knowledge. But it took an incredible amount of human striving, searching, real suffering and dispassionate cooperation to unravel those secrets. This morning I clicked on an article about how scientists have linked forms of lead and silver to various ancient mines to trace the early spread of silver coinage and the rise of Athens. They neglected to mention the slave laborers who extracted ore from those mines.</p><p>I like to quietly give thanks for the social justice rabble rousers when I see mentions in articles, say in wikipedia, that make a note of slave labor. A fact that once would have been considered unworthy of mention.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeYbnhBfeaxuTGl3FY5JkdGYrU8b3A6IjKsK0DNtEEaFdYO65q0xR0mmPPpJS1ZbJN-uzKIwGpHxh_jZqqoGjPXticx_hVrg0f_TJ-9S-qep1uOl2LboAuJuDGwjDa5tHVOKzYyv8I3P_OiO43wOXyRH3t2b7a1ErcJ4JGJt3qOA6zxtilFLgCaGAozgL/s1102/astro_2gw_god_s_gods_he.54024.207026.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeYbnhBfeaxuTGl3FY5JkdGYrU8b3A6IjKsK0DNtEEaFdYO65q0xR0mmPPpJS1ZbJN-uzKIwGpHxh_jZqqoGjPXticx_hVrg0f_TJ-9S-qep1uOl2LboAuJuDGwjDa5tHVOKzYyv8I3P_OiO43wOXyRH3t2b7a1ErcJ4JGJt3qOA6zxtilFLgCaGAozgL/s16000/astro_2gw_god_s_gods_he.54024.207026.png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>But back to my chart for this post. See Venus at the top? It looks just like the symbol we use for female. It's in the sign Libra ♎ where it actively rules. It's only been in this place of power since Wed. Can you see diplomacy on the rise?</p><p>Meanwhile the Sun is less than 2.5 degrees from its lineup with Mars. They have this meeting every couple of years, but it rarely happens in a sign where the planet of passion is ruling. See the blue M to the left of Libra with the arrow on it? That's Scorpio ♏. So while the planet of the ego is lining up with War in the sign of self preservation, the planet of diplomacy is in a section of its cycle where it too has power.</p><p>÷ = ÷ = ÷ = ÷ =</p><p>The Moon (crescent at top of chart) in ♎, was crossing the meridian the moment that phrase came to me. That really means Raleigh, where I live, was facing toward the Moon in the sign of diplomacy, just at the moment that phrase was finally born in my little mind. A location on Earth only faces a particular planet along the ecliptic for a few minutes, then passes on to the next degree in the 360degrees it passes each day.</p><p>I've been reading Philo of Alexandria. He was about 25 years older than Jesus. Like most Jews of those days living in Egypt, he didn't speak Hebrew. He knew enough to make Hebrew references in his writings, but by that time most Jews in Egypt were reading their sacred books in Greek. Also like a lot of Jews he read a good bit of Greek philosophy. And though I never see it mentioned, I would guess he was familiar with a good bit of Egyptian and Achaemenid writings. I'm reading his work 'On the Creation', a commentary on the Book of Genesis. I'm delighted with many passages, but I made a note of the one copied below, which refers to a place in Genesis where 'God' is referred to in a plural rather than singular term.</p><p><span style="background-color: white;">XXIV. (72) "And he would not err who should raise the question why Moses attributed the creation of man alone not to one creator, as he did that of other animals, but to several. For he introduces the Father of the universe using this language: "Let us make man after our image, and in our likeness." Had he then, shall I say, need of any one whatever to help him, He to whom all things are subject? Or, when he was making the heaven and the earth and the sea, was he in need of no one to co-operate with him; and yet was he unable himself by his own power to make man an animal so short-lived and so exposed to the assaults of fate without the assistance of others? It is plain that the real cause of his so acting is known to God alone, but one which to a reasonable conjecture appears probable and credible, I think I should not conceal; and it is this. (73) <b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><i>Of existing things, there are some which partake neither of virtue nor of vice;</i></span></b> as for instance, plants and irrational animals; the one, because they are destitute of soul, and are regulated by a nature void of sense; and the other, because they are not endowed with mind or reason. But mind and reason may be</span><span style="background-color: white;"> looked upon as the abode of virtue and vice; as it is in them that they seem to dwell. <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Some things again partake of virtue alone, being without any participation in any kind of vice; as for instance, the stars,</i></b></span> for they are said to be animals, and animals endowed with intelligence; or I might rather say, the mind of each of them is wholly and entirely virtuous, and unsusceptible of every kind of evil. <b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Some things again are of a mixed nature, like man</span></i></b>, who is capable of opposite qualities, of wisdom and folly, of temperance and dissoluteness, of courage and cowardice, of justice and injustice, in short of good and evil, of what is honourable and what is disgraceful, of virtue and vice."</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">= ÷ = ÷ = ÷ =</span></p><p>Somehow, thinking on Philo's commentary on Genesis helped formulate the idea I've been striving for, just like the Titans whose name means to strive or reach, those early generation gods of the Greeks. I keep thinking of Paris being pressured into choosing the fairest of 3 goddesses, and how that was not even the root cause in the tragic war recounted in the Illiad, but a step along the long descent into madness. Beauty personified, righteous anger personified - not just personified but elevated to a godlike status. Why? Maybe because all humans have been striving since first memory (Mnemesone, another early generation goddess) to free themselves, ourselves from the bondage of these universal traits.</p><p>Link to <a href="https://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/text/philo/book1.html">Philo of Alexandria 'On the Creation'</a> </p>Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-58287689411931724962023-10-28T11:43:00.001-04:002023-10-28T11:43:19.534-04:00Scorpio as Quiet Strength<p><span style="font-size: large;">Mercury lines up with Mars tomorrow morn US east coast time. The meeting occurs in the sign Scorpio. </span></p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVwh1m0uiBthE-Iw2s2W9jXgnWm0dxjVP3qS7piWvgEpogm5Qjt56Y4O7vZKyFd_sSyxDXlDMYWfjj6DfFGS5lCgE58rrNiLnZkYv93j68HUHvM5ODJ63Z2PIBXjXDGzfhDldsJeH_rGKp4cEx6tvM8v0RTrDl7gFm1APyNMT4QueZA0YSRADuYugBpSgl/s1102/Merc%20Mars%20Lewiston%20ME.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVwh1m0uiBthE-Iw2s2W9jXgnWm0dxjVP3qS7piWvgEpogm5Qjt56Y4O7vZKyFd_sSyxDXlDMYWfjj6DfFGS5lCgE58rrNiLnZkYv93j68HUHvM5ODJ63Z2PIBXjXDGzfhDldsJeH_rGKp4cEx6tvM8v0RTrDl7gFm1APyNMT4QueZA0YSRADuYugBpSgl/s16000/Merc%20Mars%20Lewiston%20ME.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mercury on point of overtaking Mars. They are in upper left quadrant under the sign Scorpio.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The blue M in outer circle with an arrow is the symbol for Scorpio. Here is a <a href="https://youtu.be/BR4t65G4YoY?si=-DLnwqLaTsmowqI9">video</a> that introduces some of the zodiac signs including Scorpio. This <a href="http://mpkellagher.blogspot.com/p/light.html?m=0">link</a> goes to a page about how the amount of radiation we get from a body changes as it moves from one sign to another. We have lost quite a bit of light during Sun's passage through Libra, and it is continuing to decrease in Scorpio.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Early Scorpio (almost 12 degrees Scorpio) is the area of the ecliptic where Mercury meets Mars tomorrow. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Then it will take almost a few more weeks to reach the Sun Mars line up. They will still be in Scorpio.</span></p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnh_PKUxes4YjCZ7UyZ8PNyWXVv1zplm01g0FX7_gWzvI5TRC0EY_4HQkOxY0ANMSCLXe_X7HCznWhFafST7xzWzga8xmSld2KacBNvSozVcF6MyuQFDJ7J_s7On4f5bA1D_ZxnOl9QQPX4MIOz7olJQNaM7hdRA5YjfTN0-Lk6UrVAhdSbvFKkoVqlbVO/s1102/Sun%20lined%20wMars.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnh_PKUxes4YjCZ7UyZ8PNyWXVv1zplm01g0FX7_gWzvI5TRC0EY_4HQkOxY0ANMSCLXe_X7HCznWhFafST7xzWzga8xmSld2KacBNvSozVcF6MyuQFDJ7J_s7On4f5bA1D_ZxnOl9QQPX4MIOz7olJQNaM7hdRA5YjfTN0-Lk6UrVAhdSbvFKkoVqlbVO/s16000/Sun%20lined%20wMars.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sun is next to Mars in lower left quadrant. They are meeting near the end of Scorpio.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Scorpio is often associated with secrets, death etc. I like to imagine food cooked, stored safely in sanitized jars and stashed away for future use. Then of course there is the unattractive fruit left behind whose seed will find a place in the soil to germinate when the time is right.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Naturally (as in according to the patterns of nature) with Mars in the mix there will be quite a bit of adrenaline involved. Mars comes with an acute sense of urgency, and it rules passively in Scorpio.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-3543631314224497982023-10-10T12:40:00.001-04:002023-10-10T12:42:17.928-04:00<p><span style="font-size: large;">I've got</span> <span style="font-size: large;">to</span> <span style="font-size: large;">save this chart. It's for the moment I got the thought that kindness is not something that can be enforced, it has to be learned by example.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHSVaEyl2fclssyPmecjhy7e8ck26Au5YU9TJnpVOvkBhswDxaIvGcOFkDbu65klhFi1rp-XDrsgH051fUodNQjllMBDmb6kx2rNVEcoEReAIV7_Oo0ALQoRPgxIrrkRuTqFc8chmAoBcJTP-Mz7GCD8iuKqhiw5-jMzDELnrEUxKuCbHrYkpx9EC88d9/s1102/Enforcing%20Kindness%20chart.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHSVaEyl2fclssyPmecjhy7e8ck26Au5YU9TJnpVOvkBhswDxaIvGcOFkDbu65klhFi1rp-XDrsgH051fUodNQjllMBDmb6kx2rNVEcoEReAIV7_Oo0ALQoRPgxIrrkRuTqFc8chmAoBcJTP-Mz7GCD8iuKqhiw5-jMzDELnrEUxKuCbHrYkpx9EC88d9/s16000/Enforcing%20Kindness%20chart.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Moon meeting Venus in early Virgo at top of chart opposing Saturn in Pisces at bottom.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;">It's possible to enforce politically correct behavior. But what's correct is hard to agree on. Kindness. Venus is kindness. It just entered Virgo, the sign of correct behavior. How to hold kindness in our hearts as we debate on correct politics, correct government, correct behavior.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I learned kindness by watching carefully the people who have been kind to me and everyone they encounter, regardless of their beliefs. We can't all do that. The world needs fighters. People who will heroically defend their right to exist. But if you feel a need to be kind don't let political correctness get in the way. It's like Jesus said about the poor, applying that same logic, political correctness will always be with us. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><br />Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-47013859891555749772023-09-06T17:49:00.000-04:002023-09-06T17:49:04.040-04:00Desantis on Stono Rebellion<p>I'm distracting myself from finishing a difficult book on Mongolia. At the rate I'm going I will not finish before the Fri due date, but this is too rich to let pass.</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stono_Rebellion">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stono_Rebellion</a> That's the link to an article about a courageous rebellion around Charleston SC Sept 9, 1739. </p><p>@ ? @ ?</p><p>I was studying the chart for the Qing dynasty empress dowager's imperial decree to take first steps toward constitutional monarchy. The road leading to that event was long and winding, or downright circular. She had imprisoned a relative some years earlier for trying to initiate similar reforms and now here she was acting like a western radical.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuIS0dchBCnj4djWHURf_AApX7mBI3i2VC7F2wXlUI5OXLIxuj5lrCL7asauc3vgbbo9kxFngfyWFEa2S3pBDXhtRtRCbhxou-nbbIiwe5EvuwJxg5noORIgfi40EC6AbBuazM3jJ5W6bYfZKIgt9I7kbHkROYyOj8lJyc_7ExVKEHI6AzLALaJSuSPVq/s1102/astro_2gw_qing_constitutional_monarchy_he.71236.153196.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuIS0dchBCnj4djWHURf_AApX7mBI3i2VC7F2wXlUI5OXLIxuj5lrCL7asauc3vgbbo9kxFngfyWFEa2S3pBDXhtRtRCbhxou-nbbIiwe5EvuwJxg5noORIgfi40EC6AbBuazM3jJ5W6bYfZKIgt9I7kbHkROYyOj8lJyc_7ExVKEHI6AzLALaJSuSPVq/s16000/astro_2gw_qing_constitutional_monarchy_he.71236.153196.png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br style="text-align: left;" /></p></div><br /><p>I circled Neptune at 12° Cancer in top right quadrant of the chart. You can see Jupiter at 6° Cancer following close behind along the ecliptic.</p><p>I do this all the time. Not sure how people put up with it - are you wondering what the impending fall of Qing dynasty has to do with The Negro Act of 1740?</p><p>Well... my dizzy little astrological mind was wondering about the last time Neptune was in Cancer! I played around in the ephemeris, a kind of mathematical river of organic time, and saw that was around 1740. Since I am most familiar with US history I gravitated to the opposite side of the globe from China/Mongolia, and looked up events for US in 1740.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEizti30NsEW5f-Kkp_TYOq-bQFGNDQAQ66XZh9-2ETYD1EkzBRk7VoOBfHy7Z9uyfSK41baYJfzbygw8YU5PQOkwSn5WNehy8pp5OkChgrlk0Hns09oDC0FPg3ZsdnPU4laCe8Yydskj6Ek7qRkwv9D-pF2GkCR7NikHZ07XEx_WSsE5ecBbS5mtZ2QAI/s1102/astro_2gw_negro_act_of_1740_he.71679.107601.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEizti30NsEW5f-Kkp_TYOq-bQFGNDQAQ66XZh9-2ETYD1EkzBRk7VoOBfHy7Z9uyfSK41baYJfzbygw8YU5PQOkwSn5WNehy8pp5OkChgrlk0Hns09oDC0FPg3ZsdnPU4laCe8Yydskj6Ek7qRkwv9D-pF2GkCR7NikHZ07XEx_WSsE5ecBbS5mtZ2QAI/s16000/astro_2gw_negro_act_of_1740_he.71679.107601.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Up popped the Negro Act of 1740 precipitated by the Stono Slave Rebellion of 1739. Get this! The rebelling slaves were trying to escape to Spanish Florida! Politics are so dynamic and slippery. Moments like this I give myself a pass for feeling lost. It's hard to keep up with all the twists and turns and byways of history.</p><p>Of course with all the controversy about Disney Land and how to teach history I had to make a note of this event in American Colonial history. </p><p>Below is the 1740 paragraph from the Wikipedia US History timeline </p><ul style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: none; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1740 – The <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantation_Act_1740" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Plantation Act 1740">Plantation Act of 1740</a> is passed to encourage immigration to the Thirteen Colonies and regularize the colonial naturalization procedures. <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cartagena_de_Indias" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Battle of Cartagena de Indias">Battle of Cartagena de Indias</a>, where the colonists are called "Americans" for the first time. <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oglethorpe" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="James Oglethorpe">James Oglethorpe</a> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_St._Augustine_(1740)" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Siege of St. Augustine (1740)">fails to take St. Augustine</a>. South Carolina enacts the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_Act_of_1740" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #3366cc; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Negro Act of 1740">Negro Act of 1740</a>.</li></ul><p>Next is the chart for 9 months earlier, the day after the Stono Rebellion started. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibC9D9T6aQFKG5pRsidMcFrACJjKlu453zsZ5TenjZ6JVc76mm6-xQ8m68EK48JAz9FJK-WIBpiax01AdctkaLHnQ6nqvZG25MPyfhXC6InJsuqWhCtPF44Of7cXMPTng9wqwPs65HUwowBEkv7OYEI9pOPhixQFIeXCZcm6tiOT2-IZZfT5FDXk_iV3Dl/s1102/astro_2gw_stono_rebellion_he.75123.154187.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibC9D9T6aQFKG5pRsidMcFrACJjKlu453zsZ5TenjZ6JVc76mm6-xQ8m68EK48JAz9FJK-WIBpiax01AdctkaLHnQ6nqvZG25MPyfhXC6InJsuqWhCtPF44Of7cXMPTng9wqwPs65HUwowBEkv7OYEI9pOPhixQFIeXCZcm6tiOT2-IZZfT5FDXk_iV3Dl/s16000/astro_2gw_stono_rebellion_he.75123.154187.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The slaves heading for asylum in Catholic Florida had already killed 1 or 2 people in the South Carolina Low Country and I imagine the slave owner posse was close on their heals. You gotta read the article, here's the link again. <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stono_Rebellion">Stono Rebellion</a>. There's a beautiful detail in the 1st paragraph under Events of the Revolt - <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stono_Rebellion#cite_note-10" style="background: none; border: 0px; color: #faa700; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> The Africans marched down the roadway with a banner that read "Liberty!", and chanted the same word in unison. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Well, that's it. Like I always say, there's so much in those charts. When I perused the first one for Empress Dowager Cixi finally taking steps 'forward' to westernize China, and by extension Mongolia; and saw that hope mongering Jupiter coming to it's meeting with Neptune, it was like looking at a mathematical painting of industrial visions taking physical form and moving onto the Mongol Steppes with modern technology. While many Chinese reformers were hailing the imperial proclamation that signaled a move toward modernization, positively inebriated with hope for a kinder more democratic government; nomadic herders in Mongolia were eyeing the arrival of thousands of Chinese technocrats and agricultural enterprises with grave worries about their own future.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Earth looks like such a jewel in the pictures from space.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Inter, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p>Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-38426522171200423502023-08-06T22:12:00.003-04:002023-08-06T22:18:05.244-04:00Trump Chart and Facing the Truth<p> I'm going to try to keep this one quick. I have a great book from interlibrary loan about the history of Mongolia which will require a lot of my time.</p><p>$ $ $ $ $ </p><p>I often think about Trump's progressed chart having Venus in Libra. In fact I believe his progressed Venus may have been rising around the time he declared his first campaign for pres. It's been a while since I checked his chart though, so my memory could be playing tricks on me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZxFVxob-C_NdCmrRCKFJXGprVjRo76ItdGL7pGF44-5xNsyfgt9mUjoOPF0bpAZYthZqz_KQPvcfxXwhHEiPZe4hdTOM0RCNDMN_jlLJgXMh_cu6y3yGZy9Ku9y6LRGT6E3K9v4Ba33IcYg1-sQs-Gy5P3qdXEEcMcfQI8dep4EtKXvWXR-hAMXA1VsR/s1102/astro_52gw_anatomy_anarchy_202116_he.72720.133002%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZxFVxob-C_NdCmrRCKFJXGprVjRo76ItdGL7pGF44-5xNsyfgt9mUjoOPF0bpAZYthZqz_KQPvcfxXwhHEiPZe4hdTOM0RCNDMN_jlLJgXMh_cu6y3yGZy9Ku9y6LRGT6E3K9v4Ba33IcYg1-sQs-Gy5P3qdXEEcMcfQI8dep4EtKXvWXR-hAMXA1VsR/s16000/astro_52gw_anatomy_anarchy_202116_he.72720.133002%20(1).png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Above is Trump's chart progressed for Jan 6, 2021. Maybe I checked his chart today, after so many years, because I watched the movie Uncle Tom a couple nights ago. I found it to be a very polished presentation of right wing propaganda. Venus rules in Libra and it is exalted, though accidentally, in the 12th house. That's just the tip of what I think more people need to understand about this current set of circumstances.</p><p>Here is a link to a <a href="https://youtu.be/66KXZ6ZalOs">Youtuber's reaction to Uncle Tom.</a> I stumbled on the full movie for free, but can't find it now. </p><p>I've been having a rocky transit of Saturn in Pisces on my natal Mars. My 9 year old cat was really sick and I wrestled with calling my wonderful vet as I watched her 3 month decline in quiet horror. By the time I contacted the team of animal angels to euthanize her she was in shamefully awful shape. I knew the doctor would be very diplomatic and not judge me, but I judged myself and found myself miles below the level of kindness this team of medical women apply to their work. </p><p>As I was digging the hole for Mimi's corpse in my back yard I got in a visit with my Mexican neighbors. We talked about animal care and our various experiences with vets; their encounters have been very judgemental, "How can you feed your dog that horrible food?!" They pushed my neighbor to buy Science Diet.</p><p>Then the conversation moved to the recent gunshots. I hear them at night and wonder. Turns out our neighbor around the corner has had 2 bullets come through her front bedroom windows. We all know the back story. She is from the same pueblo as my next door neighbor. We are all friends attending each others' bday parties etc.</p><p>I get irritated with liberal activists demonizing cops and tell people I have a secret inner Trump. But after this episode with having my cat euthanized by a very kind and understanding vet, and only realizing after talking to other people about my shame in not spending more money to intervene in my cat's disease, that other people struggle with the same shame; I'm coming to understand I'm not alone in this failure to reach such a high level of care for my pets. </p><p>There's a difference between reaching for a goal because we're inspired by a stellar example and doing something to avoid being shunned. I feel confident my vet wants the best for my pets, but understands my limitations. </p><p>I'm surrounded by people who speak little or no English and struggle mightily to improve their lives. Their hope, like the kindness of my vet, is a constant source of inspiration to me. </p><p>My cat's body was in my freezer for a few days. I had to interrupt digging the hole and save energy for cleaning houses. Every time I opened the door her peaceful face was there. I had wrapped her in a blanket but could not bear to cover her face. It was a bit spookey. I thought about the words for breath in Greek and Hebrew; psyche and ruach, and how they are related to the concept of soul. That spookey feeling, like seeing her body was seeing her, as though she could wake up and return to life, made me think, "this is where ghost stories originate."</p><p>For me, every new experience with death is a chance to understand the popularity of ghost stories.</p><p>Saturday, while I was cleaning a house, I received a txt photo of flowers delivered to my front door. Sure enough they were from the vet team. I put them out on the spot where Mimi is tucked in the earth. I keep driftimg to the back door and looking out at the beautiful bouquet. I feel so forgiven for my limitations, so accepted as I am, so grateful for what I learned from both Mimi and the vet angels.</p><p>- - - - -</p><p>I think people could learn a lot about both astrology and Trump by studying this chart, by contemplating the meaning of his progressed Venus in Libra and his progressed Saturn eggsactly on the midheaven the week of Jan 6, 2021. Only an understanding of the mathematical likelihood of such an alignment can reveal the wisdom, or as the Greeks said, Sophia, tucked in the charts.</p><p>Whatever will be will be. Like my vet, I believe that the vast majority of us are trying our best. We're trying to take care of our pets, to be good citizens, to make it through life as creatures of impulse reaching for an understanding of our various stews of desires.</p><p>Seeing polished right wing propaganda made me feel better about my irritation with left wing propaganda. I just don't like the smell of mendacity period. But the whiff of truth, from any direction, is truly the breath of life. Most of the time I find truth mixed in with tall tales. I'm learning to live with that.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-25428315032831164632022-11-10T12:34:00.001-05:002022-11-11T13:53:06.443-05:00Hippy Roots<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTtBGO3dIyWiVkt8rS2y9BgfCeb6KB3rbYJ0sZ3mO4X8j_IjvWSmeFkiG8VIFnfl-wPcCQYaxGvVA-9IjSrxXIudMX6WYRmXm9uRP5Wm1qoCJBS24cIFk_9a7BALHKrMnGviQK6TYFv_Xw-BOXZFIgSWJZKOV-9xiQs0jDIU4WQ-ZFWQxkmMgETytkQ/s1102/astro_2gw_magnus_hirschfeld_he.58684.190135.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTtBGO3dIyWiVkt8rS2y9BgfCeb6KB3rbYJ0sZ3mO4X8j_IjvWSmeFkiG8VIFnfl-wPcCQYaxGvVA-9IjSrxXIudMX6WYRmXm9uRP5Wm1qoCJBS24cIFk_9a7BALHKrMnGviQK6TYFv_Xw-BOXZFIgSWJZKOV-9xiQs0jDIU4WQ-ZFWQxkmMgETytkQ/s320/astro_2gw_magnus_hirschfeld_he.58684.190135.png" width="217" /></a></div><br /> When I first started reading about Magnus Hirschfeld I thought of him as an early activist for queer rights. But Uranus in Cancer (circled at bottom of chart) flagged his position in history as a forerunner of the flower children born around 1952, when Uranus was next passing through the nurturing sign of Cancer. That's right, the cycle of Uranus is about 84 years.<p></p><p>Uranus's 84 year orbit is slow, but Neptune's is even slower; it takes 165 years to revisit a position. Neptune was in explosive Aries when he was born and so had made it only half way around the ecliptic by the time Uranus returned to Cancer and our idealistic followers of war resistors were born. The more diplomatic placement of Neptune in Libra was just one difference between his generation and the 1950's babies. Notice the faster planets Jupiter and Mars are also in Aries. His chart is pretty much ruled by that Mars in Aries.</p><p>One person's hero is by definition someone else's enemy. This dedicated and nurturing hero of suicidal queers was an enemy of closeted high officials of the imperial state. He thought he miscalculated the forces he was facing, but his impulsive courage laid a path for the following Uranus in Cancer cycle. </p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Hirschfeld">Magnus Hirschfeld wikipedia article</a>. The section about the Harden- Eulenberg affair is a good example of how daring he was in his willingness to go up against the prevailing ideas of society. But I also like the parts that discuss how persevering (Mercury superior conjunct Sun both lined up with Pluto in Taurus) he was in seeking out evidence of the universal nature of sexual variations. </p>Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-26639428810571325842022-04-01T13:42:00.000-04:002022-04-01T13:42:05.319-04:00<div><span style="font-size: large;">This is a chart for the morning 2 million people were assembling to form a human chain extending 430 miles across the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. <br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrLrl3rgQih19qpZtlEiIFgGB1pBLZUbTp4H0fmlRQwkTmgyqEeemHTXdNnvpp_xLK_0tOXRR_NBRbbTN-0SM_iy81nmAsRFDvQKLDXmmGzVZwyVm6OGoZsJ2wWb5A76cYHa-jBvS0KQPh0aPEUlkSeoSow_AtXU4Q1L3LUbvgScl-oN0av0WwjbUtw/s1102/Baltic%20Way%20Chart.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrLrl3rgQih19qpZtlEiIFgGB1pBLZUbTp4H0fmlRQwkTmgyqEeemHTXdNnvpp_xLK_0tOXRR_NBRbbTN-0SM_iy81nmAsRFDvQKLDXmmGzVZwyVm6OGoZsJ2wWb5A76cYHa-jBvS0KQPh0aPEUlkSeoSow_AtXU4Q1L3LUbvgScl-oN0av0WwjbUtw/s16000/Baltic%20Way%20Chart.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">11 weeks before the fall of the Berlin Wall</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Note Jupiter at top of the chart. The planet of the soul ruling over the cross of existence, aka HOPE, was crossing the meridian as people were coordinating their movements with portable radios to form the chain across three countries, or would be, wanna be countries. That's how the Soviet Central Committee characterized the demonstration: <b><i>"People should know the abyss to which they are being pushed by their nationalistic leaders. Should they achieve their goals, the possible consequences could be catastrophic to these nations. A question could arise as to their very existence."</i></b> Declaration of the Central Committee, August 26, 1989.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Eleven weeks later, when Saturn was at the very end of its cycle with Neptune, the Berlin Wall fell. See Uranus, Saturn and Neputne at the bottom of the chart in Capricorn? Saturn the old ruler of time is between Uranus and Neptune. Saturn used to be the slowest one on the block in our neighborhood of the Milky Way, then, with a bit of techno wizardry our vision improved, and we learned to follow Uranus and Neptune as well. So in 1989 Saturn was like a tag team messenger running from one historic marker to the next.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The photos of people lined up peacefully, holding hands along various stretches of highway make me feel a bit emotional. These demonstrations when Uranus and Neptune were in austere Capricorn (which is nurturing Cancer in the Southern Hemisphere) are a far cry from those of the last 2 decades while Uranus has progressed from Pisces through Aries and now Taurus. Jupiter, </span><span style="font-size: large;">enough hope to stand for a dream, </span><span style="font-size: large;">forming that upright Cancer Capricorn axis, fulfilling a fresh vision of how people can organize themselves in states, was at its high point in Riga that morning.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Bloody History<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Jefferson was ok with Lafayette's arrest and Louis 16th's beheading; he said innocent blood was a small price to pay for the liberty he believed would follow the excesses of the revolution. I try to keep that in mind as I watch the events of this decade unfolding. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Then too, it is only as I compose this post that I'm reminded Uranus is in esoteric Scorpio, say in Chile, while it's moving through stubborn Taurus for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's a really big globe we turn on, and a long trek from one tropic to the next. As we spin on Earth's axis we think we we're exposed to the whole of heaven once every revolution, but the very axis that makes that spinning possible makes it impossible to see the heaven above those in the opposing, 'southern' hemisphere. While Argo Navis is a brilliant and real constellation ever present in the lives of Southern Hemi's, for us, chidren of the revolving Big Bear, it is just a wild and crazy story of Greek heroes handed down through the centuries. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">When I follow astrology to it's logical limit, which is the limit of my mind's ability to synthesize layers upon layers of information, information about the real heaven that holds all of us in it's dark, vacuous paw, I am reminded of Krshna and Arjuna, literally Black and Silver, in their long dialogue standing on the edge of the bloody battle.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Way" target="_blank">The Baltic Way</a> article from Wikipedia. A link to that other time and place.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Current Events</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Now Saturn is under the influence of Pluto in Capricorn, or the other tropic, Cancer. Either way you see it, from Valdivia, Chile or New York City, Pluto is where that historic trio (Uranus, Saturn and Neptune) was during the breakup of the Soviet Union. That's just one way of seeing it. One way of seeing the river of time that feeds the tree of life which the Norse called Yggdrasil.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-22103392478391902052021-06-29T20:11:00.000-04:002021-06-29T20:11:22.967-04:00Out of Bounds Soul<p> <span style="font-size: large;">Today I came across a video of a soul out of bounds.<b> </b><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Out of bounds in astrology</b> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Out of Bounds has been on my mind for the last few months. Now that the Moon's North Node has finished backing through Cancer and is precessing* through Gemini we are beginning to see the Moon out of bounds twice a month; when it is in Capricorn it is lower than the low of the southern tropic and when it is in Cancer it reaches higher than the high of the northern tropic. This cycle of the Moon's pulsing wave, as it currently increases in amplitude, is a good one to follow when meditating on the soul unfolding through life and history. From May 2020 through Jan 2025, twice every cycle, the Moon will push the boundaries progressively further. While this process will peak in Jan 2025, it will still take 4 1/2 years for the amplitude of the lunar wave to come back down to the level of the ecliptic. One of my favorite meditations on the soul centers on following this </span><span style="font-size: large;">cycle </span><span style="font-size: large;">of the Moon's nodes through the years (using an ephemeris) and considering historic events.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Meditating on the Meaning of Soul</b> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I've also been noticing my deepening conviction that past lives, past life regressions and discussions of reincarnation can be a distraction from understanding the real meaning of soul or psyche. I think stories about recalling an individual past life, as though an ego, aka I, or individual identity, can retain its existence from one creation to the next, can be misleading fictions. They serve some purpose in coming to understand how individual lives are connected through generations; but by inferring that we can carry even a part of the identity we experience in our physical existence from one body to the next we are negating the definition of psyche in its relationship to ego. Psyche is free of the body and free of the limits of the ego. The ego is limited to the body and physical existence. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Observing our actual changing relationships with others, especially in the context of the Moon's cycles, gives us invaluable insight into our very real psyche, or soul. I'm including this video of a young Syrian born YouTube star in the Netherlands as an example of soul or psyche in action.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> <b>Obada Sykh is a Young Netherlands YouTube Star </b><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">First I want to tell a bit about what led me to the video. I was looking for examples of how to pronounce the Arabic word for service - </span><span dir="rtl" lang="ar"><span style="font-size: large;">عبادة</span></span>. <br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It is transliterated Ibadah, but when I pasted the Arabic version of the word in the search bar I kept getting hilarious videos of a kid parod</span><span style="font-size: large;">ying himself, his mother and his brother. They were all labeled Obada Sykh. I could not understand a word he was saying, but his facial expressions, props and body language were enough to hold my attention and make me wonder who he was and what he was saying. I guess he was imitating his mother when he modestly adjusted the scarf he was wearing over his curly hair. I really wanted to be in on the jokes that were unfolding through the various characters he played. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> After several searches for some information in English, I came upon a video about him made for Netherlands public television. "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZFHdcDxkD4" target="_blank">Obada: YouTube star but all alone.</a>" I'm putting the same link near the end of this post.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The story of this young man's family is as soulful as any story I can think of. It tells about all the ways it is difficult, but essential, for us to maintain connections. It's a full 45 minute documentary. During much of it I was reminded of all my neighbors and friends from Mexico and further south. One remark especially made me think of them. The father said that their family members in Syria were jealous of their lives in the Netherlands, while they in the Netherlands were jealous of, and longed to return to the life of their family in Syria.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The video that originally led me to this beautiful family's story was posted May 15, 2021. Here is the link ---> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34KWEkormBY" target="_blank">Funny video by Obada Sykh</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This link goes to the documentary about the young performer and his family ---> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZFHdcDxkD4" target="_blank">Obada: YouTube star but all alone</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">And now for the charts. It was 9:35 when I started watching the video. Raleigh was just turning past Uranus in Taurus on the midheaven. Maybe this family's journey will be as inspiring to you as it was to me. If you are an astrologer I wonder what will be going on in heaven when you watch the video.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5ePvCvf30NXjHq802PpuPgby0V_GDFgibtQuTO9f5FVxLW-hovFLOYJBg9qjMPootu0iC-J0QuUsb3TofgETj4x9K3tjZoPOrIAKUOnRSdIq0IwhkbmTlfUhh8ChaQ68uS-xH-YtULXj/s1102/out_of_bounds_soul_begin+video.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5ePvCvf30NXjHq802PpuPgby0V_GDFgibtQuTO9f5FVxLW-hovFLOYJBg9qjMPootu0iC-J0QuUsb3TofgETj4x9K3tjZoPOrIAKUOnRSdIq0IwhkbmTlfUhh8ChaQ68uS-xH-YtULXj/s16000/out_of_bounds_soul_begin+video.png" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Below is the chart for when the video ended. Jupiter was crossing from the 7th house of friendship (right side of chart, just above horizon) to 6th house of service.<br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVyiZVlrXtJESI4uJ8qkO36MfAHagQfq93SlyGGVsOti2PkTn6Zb8UG2hNlWHdIP3IXuvXrlAGTOffwePwvTv7KdiqLMv9guV4hXv1naFnUK2t1H-2SyWH_EAPWfs1brMf0UzaYNP4_Ok/s1102/astro_2gw_out_of_bounds_soul_he.61760.107575.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVyiZVlrXtJESI4uJ8qkO36MfAHagQfq93SlyGGVsOti2PkTn6Zb8UG2hNlWHdIP3IXuvXrlAGTOffwePwvTv7KdiqLMv9guV4hXv1naFnUK2t1H-2SyWH_EAPWfs1brMf0UzaYNP4_Ok/s16000/astro_2gw_out_of_bounds_soul_he.61760.107575.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">*precess is an old astrology term for cycles that go backwards compared to normal planetary motion like the Sun progressing through the 4 cardinal points of the seasons. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /></p>Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-49563136957570313902021-01-10T18:27:00.003-05:002021-01-12T09:09:46.797-05:00Mars Entering Taurus<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Planet of War passed from the Sign of War into the Sign of Peace </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">while Subordinate Officials of State Authority Cleared Smashed Glass and Enraged Protesters from the Halls of Congress</span></span><br /></p><div><p class="font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text"><span style="font-size: large;">"They
asked Judge Linda V. Parker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of Michigan to refer Powell and her team of lawyers to the
court’s chief judge for disbarment, and to refer them for further
professional discipline to authorities in their home states — Texas, in
Powell’s case.</span></p></div><div><p class="font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text"><span style="font-size: large;">Detroit
also asked the judge to levy a financial penalty “sufficient to deter
future misconduct,” at least equal to the amount of money that Powell
and her team have raised to fund their post-election lawsuits."</span></p><p class="font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text"><span style="font-size: large;">The above quote is from this article in Washington Post - <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dominion-sues-pro-trump-lawyer-sidney-powell-seeking-more-than-13-billion/2021/01/08/ebe5dbe0-5106-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F2e49453%2F5ff892299d2fda0efba50aab%2F5f6566509bbc0f43372b7bc6%2F12%2F70%2F5ff892299d2fda0efba50aab">Dominion Sues Powell for Election Fraud Lawsuits </a><---(click to follow link)</span></p><p class="font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text"><span style="font-size: large;">Jupiter and Saturn are working their way through Pluto's 1st house of New Beginnings. We'll still have the intense trio rising within an hour of each other every day, for the whole planet, through this month. But the deal is now done; both Jupiter and Saturn have completely finished their passage through Pluto's 12th house of Dreams and Fate. Earth is now swinging around the far side of the Sun from the historic conjunction, and so we see them all moving forward again, and at their greatest speed.</span></p><p class="font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0ZoDQE7Lex5s0JRj0W3DfqZzaaYNT1COTwC8IdKHwiiltf6tphFJjTDIPC9Kmaw61HsC3I8PutIABJpW05qO1FV0RZ773OCKlIoigvTo8MDyFdlH5RnhS_daeTAmMq8xa2PFSLmIoKzb/s1503/Sun+in+Plut%252C+Sat%252C+Jup+group.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1503" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0ZoDQE7Lex5s0JRj0W3DfqZzaaYNT1COTwC8IdKHwiiltf6tphFJjTDIPC9Kmaw61HsC3I8PutIABJpW05qO1FV0RZ773OCKlIoigvTo8MDyFdlH5RnhS_daeTAmMq8xa2PFSLmIoKzb/w640-h420/Sun+in+Plut%252C+Sat%252C+Jup+group.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Solar system view with straight arrow going from Earth through Sun, passing near Jupiter then Saturn, and finally pointing at Pluto. Click to enlarge.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> During spring and fall, while Earth was passing between Sun and the slow outer planets, we saw them either slowing down to change direction, or literally regressing along the ecliptic.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">And then there's Mars which just left Aries after 6 grueling months, and passed into Taurus the evening of Jan 6 while the subordinate officials of authority began clearing the US Congress of smashed glass and the enraged Trump supporters who had stormed the building. It's hard for me to write this. I grew up in a home with sporadic periods of domestic violence. The chaos is not fun. I am not attracted to large rallies of people amassing and fighting for a cause. But then again I'm white, fairly literate, with a couple of years in an engineering program at a large university and fond of manual labor. I have all the privilege and personality traits that guarantee a secure future.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">But the greatest privilege that was handed to me was going to high school in Brunswick County North Carolina in 1974-76 just a few years after the school was racially integrated. The ratio of blacks to whites was nearly 50/50. A drive down coastal highway 17 was mostly tobacco fields dotted with sagging tobacco drying sheds. The county was then one of the poorest in NC. My father had been laid off after more than 20 years of service as an analyst with CIA, and my parents reunited, after a very dramatic and chaotic period of legal separation, and moved the family from the suburbs of Washington DC to this very poor county in NC. Dad started a new career as an instructor of metallurgy and meteorology at Cape Fear Tech and the family worked at pulling itself back together.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">My mother had a really terrible temper. My father was not perfect by any means, he was a very quiet, affable alcoholic who never, and I mean, never, missed a day of work. My mother was ambitious. They both came from working Irish families who had struggled through the depression. Even as a child I could see the quiet happiness my dad felt as he moved down the aisle of the grocery store picking up produce, meat and canned goods. My mother told plenty of stories about life during the Great Depression and WWII so it was easy to make a connection between Dad's happiness with a full grocery cart, and the pair of shoes he had shared with his cousin in the snowy north of the 1930's.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">We had so much in Vienna, Virginia; a horse, goat, chickens and a duck on 3 acres of land. Yes, the house built before the Civil War was falling apart, just as the family was by the time the oldest of 4 children became a teenager. The 70's tore my mother apart. In our house the generation gap was a gully full of land mines. The drugs, the boys that wanted to wear their hair long like girls, the parents that let their daughters sleep with boys; she felt compelled to fight the decay of morals that she had grown up with. By the time she died in 2008 she had begun to make peace with the changes, but it was a long road with many years either fighting with children or not hearing from them or even knowing where they were. The violence was so disturbing, even when things were peaceful we all felt we had to walk carefully and keep alert to manage her gathering tirades. Until my Sagittarian older brother would just let her have it. He was going to go his own way in the world and had no fear of her rage. It was like a barely civilized cock fight, but between the brother I looked up to and the mother I adored.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I don't like chaos. My mother's anger was not just hidden in the home, though her family did suffer the worst of it; she also had a reputation for calling down local elected officials she had worked tirelessly to elect, publicly accusing them of transgressions they had committed against the electorate they served. On one of my rare visits home as a young adult I was reminded of her remarkable courage when she stepped into the middle of the road at a town parade and harangued a local official. Her face was red, she was pointing at him and hollering at the top of her lungs, just like the people in the riots this year. But she was all alone. The combination of shame, pride and wonder at her conviction; this stew of emotions was familiar, and now that I had a life of my own, and she could not corner me and get my bare legs with the belt for <b><i>my</i></b> transgressions, I was beginning to sort out the many qualities that made her the amazing mom that I sometimes hated and wanted nothing to do with, and others loved and watched with wonder and curiosity. How could she be so certain of herself?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">And she wasn't just blunt, more often than not she was astonishingly quick in both her judgement of an unfolding situation and her delivery of the scathingly hilarious insult she felt it required. Then she would riff on the phone with friends, considering other bombs she could have dropped that might have come even closer to the target she was always aiming at. Then she would get sick, for days. She smoked a lot, which couldn't have helped, but I can't help wondering how much that rage contributed to her long periods of illness. She threw herself heart, soul and mind; fearlessly, into her battles. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">She was a passionate woman. Not about love, or romance, but about family, the Catholic Church, her country. Passion is Mars.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Every 2 years Mars spends about 3 months going 'backwards.' Other planets spend a total of 3 to 5 months a year doing this backstepping routine; Mercury does it several times a year like a nimble tap dancer, Venus does it much less often and the change is more languid. The planet of war can take as little as 6 weeks to plow through a sign or dig in for 6 months. Of all the planets, Mar's retrograde period generates the biggest interruption in its cycle. And every time it happens in a different sign. For instance it has not done a retro period in Aries since 1988. This last 6 months is the first time in over 30 years that Mars has been able to rocket daily over the horizon, as active ruler in the chart (Mars rules actively in Aries) for 6 months in a row. That's a lot of passion without an interruption for other life considerations.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile, every day, for those same 6 months, that triumverate of Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto have been rising like a super pac in the limit enforcing sign of Capricorn six hours before inflamed Mars.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">When I was born Mars was in Pisces. My passion is fighting for the right to love <b><i>any</i></b> and <b><i>every</i></b> one. I see BLM/Queer/Trans folks throwing bottles of water at cops, smashing windows of local businesses and wonder how I can explain to my strident liberal friends that while I fully appreciate their anger and frustration, I reserve also the right to express compassion for the cops standing behind plexiglass shields. I see Rednecks smashing windows and attacking photojournalists and want my Brunswick County Redneck <b><i>friends</i></b> to know I understand why they like Trump. I love my friends and will not call them deplorable. I fight the urge to cry and look for opinion pieces by diplomatic thinkers who can put all this rage about how we govern ourselves in a historic context. I binge watch Steven Colbert and feel guilty when I laugh at the scathing wit he uses to attack the Redneck Racist Revolutionary mob. I watch black cops talk about how it tears their hearts up to hold young black men in their arms, bleeding to death from shots fired by their peers, and know they will have to deliver the tragic news to some worried mother.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">There are no easy explanations for all this. There is no sinner, or contingent of various sinners that we can blame for all this rage, not even corporate capitalists. Let she who is without sin cast the first stone is not a cliche, it is a well polished pearl of wisdom.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Soon, all these people will have their day in court. I've been there, when I broke up with my husband. It was a mess. No fun for us or our son. There were cops and banging on doors and yelling in the middle of the night. I was so glad for someone who had the authority of the state to help bring things under control, including myself. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Weeks after the drama in the streets I was amazed how the sober air of that courtroom made me feel almost as though I was floating. Everything came to a dreadfully quiet halt. Officials in uniforms made it clear that no one was to make a sound while court was in session. No one was permitted to interrupt anyone with name calling, derisive laughter, witty comebacks, self righteous diatribes or even well meaning helpful insights on misguided behavior. Each had their turn, plaintiff and defendant sitting in a chair, in an elevated box, given the sobering quiet space to collect their thoughts, guidance from the judge about the proceedings and what specifically was under question, and what, under the law was considered extraneous, what was admissible as evidence and what was hearsay. I saw cokehead husbands flatly declare their wives were plotting against them, and was uplifted by the respect they were given, and the absolute dispassion of the judge who made it clear what would be considered evidence pointing toward the truth and what would not be considered evidence because it was an unsubstantiated accusation. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I saw a few really slack lawyers, accepting money from clients though they clearly had no real defense. But I also learned what it's like to think within the framework of the law, and clearly define weighty concepts that are often juggled frivolously in recreational conversation or fired indiscriminately in heated arguments. I gained a lot of respect for lawyers. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Libra is opposite Aries. Around the 36th parallel <a href="http://mpkellagher.blogspot.com/2014/02/how-long-it-takes-sign-to-rise.html">Libra takes almost twice as long to rise as Aries</a>. <--- (click to follow link) A planet in Libra takes over 2 hours moving through the 1st house, while one in Aries springs up in an hour and 18 minutes. Mars is now restrained in Taurus, but eventually it will also pass through Libra. Venus will lead the way beginning Sept 17. But even before that they will all, Sun and its court of Mercury and Venus, as well as militant Mars, pass through the Virgo gauntlet of rules and paperwork. But I'm mostly looking ahead to Sept and Oct when we see Sun catching up to Mars while they are both in Libra. I'm remembering those sobering but uplifting moments in court when the authority of the state felt like a boon to me, looking back on chaotic periods in my life and feeling relieved that they are behind me but grateful for the lessons they taught me.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I don't like the chaos, but my faith that things can and often do improve, is deeper having survived it. My ex husband is now my dearest friend.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5QGUdATWDLmYQJ2B0zIWXFYJkpre1lW8vEa6M6X7esJCAa2NL3LHYxwboc_Mbm11L2hqBsFpvM6ziMhNFW1YUd4gv9fgDeuxGkaERh0OioK_DTCMs2Xwefj8BQh3i2U7PwcZk-nrBYMe/s1391/Abiding+Authority+chart.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="1047" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5QGUdATWDLmYQJ2B0zIWXFYJkpre1lW8vEa6M6X7esJCAa2NL3LHYxwboc_Mbm11L2hqBsFpvM6ziMhNFW1YUd4gv9fgDeuxGkaERh0OioK_DTCMs2Xwefj8BQh3i2U7PwcZk-nrBYMe/w482-h640/Abiding+Authority+chart.jpg" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Circular chart for Sunday Jan 10, 2021 showing Mars and Uranus in early Taurus both 90 degrees from Jupiter and Mercury in early Aquarius. Venus, Sun, Pluto and Saturn are in Capricorn right next to the planets in Aquarius. click to enlarge.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><h3 class="font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></h3></div>Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-74615836670457681832020-11-30T12:24:00.000-05:002020-11-30T12:24:56.871-05:0021st Century Orphism<p><span style="font-size: large;">It just occurred to me that Mercury is like Venus wearing the Moon (aka
Psyche) for a helmet, and that, conversely, Venus is like Mercury
doffing his Moon hat in a humble bow.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: large;">I was taking a break from Thucydides History of Peloponnesian War - and looking at the chart for the moment.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuPiKdyJeqbLOBd2stJFixn6krr7FciBwiSvQXetys-rS8MNNwDkd-_bjHsKJaAUU8QetQ8yb1Oz5Y6GqNedSfyAEmD3O9gfoitT77RYQ03hESzg8R9v78pH9K-OpCSKGjMe96hYpIKR0/s1102/astro_2gw_digging_thucydides_he.61012.8807.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuPiKdyJeqbLOBd2stJFixn6krr7FciBwiSvQXetys-rS8MNNwDkd-_bjHsKJaAUU8QetQ8yb1Oz5Y6GqNedSfyAEmD3O9gfoitT77RYQ03hESzg8R9v78pH9K-OpCSKGjMe96hYpIKR0/s16000/astro_2gw_digging_thucydides_he.61012.8807.png" /></a></div></span><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">I noticed that Venus is near the 13th degree Scorpio midheaven
while Pluto is rising at 23 degrees Capricorn. A vast majority of
earth's current population resides along the same latitude, or
thereabouts, as Raleigh, so that means a lot of the planet's peeps will
share that same phenomenon, of Venus on MC while Pluto is rising. Kindness culminating as the marginalized is presented to our vision. Then, I guess since Venus and Mercury aren't too far apart in the chart yet -
they are still in the same sign (Scorpio) and still both preceding Sun
along the ecliptic; it came to me about the Moon hat/helmet. Mercury,
which doesn't travel as far from Sun, but runs rings around it compared
to even loyal Venus, wears the hat of the fastest of them all, Lovely
Luna. To me, that Moon hat signifies the freedom of rapid movement and
consequent ability to process perceptions which Venus and Mars lack.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">So that explains the title of this post, 21st Century Orphism: all these shape shifting symbols of old time myths used to seriously drive me NUTS. Now I think of Orphism as Morphism without the M. In other words I'm taking an ancient symbol system and using it with my own 21st century sensibility. If morphology is how things change visible shape over time, orphology is how the invisible essence of those visible shapes is ever the same. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Now, for why I did the chart at 10:19am. I
stopped reading after finishing two opposing speeches by orators making
the case for, and then against, killing all the rebellious Mytilenes for
leading the island of Lesbos in rebellion against the Athenians. Both
orators were so incredibly eloquent and persuasive! I was soaring with
the gods of intelligence (old timey expression there) and thanking them
for the gift, passed down through the centuries, of these recorded speeches. <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I'm pretty sure Thucydides fought
on the side of the Athenians in the P War. During the Martial phase of
these unfolding events he would have been blind to so many of the events
he recorded afterwards in this worthy history. (Mars is the active iteration of Mercury w/out its Moon hat, also known as passion.) It was only afterwards,
when he had the luxury of surviving, with his wits, that he was able to
tap into that eminently soulful capacity, associated with the Moon, to
communicate widely and in a timely manner and gather the information
required to complete his literary endeavor.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">I'm
not going to spoil the story by telling you how the Athenians
ultimately decided to deal with the rebellious Mytilenes. I will
clarify however the deed under consideration; it was to kill all the
men, and and enslave the women and children. <br /></span></div>Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-90387548672411696002020-11-23T12:54:00.005-05:002020-11-23T12:55:35.362-05:00Moon Meets Neptune while Reading Iamblichus<p> </p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In
the last post so many months ago I started out with the intention of
composing a blog page about dreams, then proceeded to slide into an
involved perusal of the then current cycle between Venus and Uranus.
One day I may still construct a page dedicated to dreams, but today I am
admitting that once again my passion for discussing organic time has
overcome that intention.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Below
is chart for end of this morn's session reading Iamblichus on the
Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans and Assyrians: Translated by
Thomas Taylor in 1821.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyyYmrJk9PvxdjfSqyFaeMGQhDVYYFlOPsUqG1dmsLK5wB9wf9gIoN-1ShCWqOyIxt_XPxBPg08O5jKNne92EyzZ-WtIykSpFE4pRdUioHsQ9J1N_cVDcU2kED0_OoQDhYekzh7VYsjjc/s1102/Iamblichus+Egyptian+Mysteries+etc.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyyYmrJk9PvxdjfSqyFaeMGQhDVYYFlOPsUqG1dmsLK5wB9wf9gIoN-1ShCWqOyIxt_XPxBPg08O5jKNne92EyzZ-WtIykSpFE4pRdUioHsQ9J1N_cVDcU2kED0_OoQDhYekzh7VYsjjc/s16000/Iamblichus+Egyptian+Mysteries+etc.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> First
thing I noticed was Venus nearing the end of its passage through
Uranus' 6th house of study. I seem to be into that pair, maybe because
Uranus is drawing ever closer to my natal Sun at 13deg Taurus. This Fri,
Nov 27 Venus will be at the very end of Uranus's 6th house of
apprenticeship when it crosses Raleigh's midheaven. Sat it will rise in
Uranus' 7th house of partnership. I thought about how Uranus is
naturally retro while Venus is nearing opposition, aka fulfillment, with
it. Considering exactly why Uranus is retrograde while Venus, Mercury
and Sun are in the furthest steps of their cycle of uniting and drawing
away from it is a valuable meditation. We can't grasp what's actually
happening without stilling our minds and focusing on constructing an
intellectual construct of their relative positions in the solar system.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I
was reading Iamblichus biography of Pythagoras, but it seemed to be
full of tall tales and repetition. It looks like that was also
translated by Thomas Taylor but 3 years earlier in 1818. It helps me
flesh out the intellectual climate of early Christian times, Iamblichus wrote
around 300ad; he died during the reign of Constantine some time before
333ad. Just situating him in the reign of Constantine helps me cut some
slack for his repetitive and worshipful lists of the signs of the
purity and perfect virtue of Pythagoras. He begins with a wonderful
intro to the awesome education Pythagoras acquired from many illustrious
intellectuals including Thales and the priests of both Egypt and
Mesopotamia; but after a brief overview of a remarkable 40 years of
intellectual development, we are brought to southern Italy where
Pythagoras settles and leads an extremely ascetic, secretive and
exclusive community of believers. The protracted celebration of
purifying rituals and communal rules got on my nerves and I switched to
Iamblichus' writing on the old mysteries. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> This
work is so much more satisfying. It thoroughly explores definitions of
Gods, demiurges, deamons, soul (psyche) and other concepts central to
the mysteries. It is as though Iamblichus is speaking through the voice
of an Egyptian priest to give us some idea of the education Pythagoras
had received through hard work and </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">loving
dedication, and was attempting to pass on to the Greeks. It is
remarkably clear considering that Iamblichus was writing a good 8
centuries after the days of Pythagoras. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Well,
I gotta go clean a house for a wonderful young couple, so I'll just
mention the last thing I noticed in today's chart - the Moon was
finishing up it cycle with Neptune and starting a new one as I was
settling into my studies of Iamblichus.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCiH1RlKPcJEPKvc8YRqkO831w04HF964ZCj624HKNDJWI0Dq1ClZf1J_1OL6PUP-HjNVQyhTDUv9AbTMN9ov4V2kwX-fq1IHlmTyCVvxV2BzfkTpLOlV2l4XXBx6RkUIVfO1kv7_5OSk/s1102/Previous+Moon+conjunct+Neptune.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCiH1RlKPcJEPKvc8YRqkO831w04HF964ZCj624HKNDJWI0Dq1ClZf1J_1OL6PUP-HjNVQyhTDUv9AbTMN9ov4V2kwX-fq1IHlmTyCVvxV2BzfkTpLOlV2l4XXBx6RkUIVfO1kv7_5OSk/s16000/Previous+Moon+conjunct+Neptune.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I
made a quick chart for the last meet up between Moon and the planet of
grand illuminations or disilluminations. Sometimes to reach one area of
light we have to turn our backs on an area of illumination that we are
comfortable with. Last Moon/Neptune meet up happened during the early
morning hours for Raleigh; Mercury was conjunct Sun in the beginning of
Scorpio. The mysteries for me are opening up to become linguistic
exercises for grasping the nature of eternity. I learned in the first
minutes of this morning's reading that Apollo comes from apolutoi -
disposed to acquit, which comes from apoluo - to loose from, to undo, to
set free from, release or relieve from. Apollo is the 'son' of Zeus
who was saved from being consumed by his 'father' Cronos.</span></p><span style="font-size: large;">Please forgive mistakes, I am eager to post before running off to work. <br /></span>Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-39159226088050734692020-03-08T17:55:00.000-04:002020-03-08T18:30:51.757-04:00Dreaming in the Dark<span style="font-size: small;">I am beginning this post Sunday morn, March 8, but it will probably be more than a week before it is completed and ready for posting; which is fine, since i just posted a long essay on Friday and stuck it on my FB page. My friends deserve a break from these long monologues about what's going on in my inner world. Besides, this post will be even longer and more involved than the average lengthy essays i am in the habit of posting. And there will be several links. What the hey, let's start out with a link; <a href="http://mpkellagher.blogspot.com/2018/03/deardear-readers-whoever-you-are-and.html" target="_blank">Dreaming of Getting Nothing Done.</a> It goes to another long post, which only tells part of my little adventure to find a refugee from Pakistan whom I had met in my neighborhood WalMart. I hope readers will invest the considerable time and attention it takes to immerse themselves in the dream referred to in the post. Here, i am presenting an exploration of how i have come to see the way our dreaming mind, at least my dreaming mind, speaks in riddles, literally. I am not a fan of puns, but the puns that i tease out of my dreams are as edifying as they are entertaining, and they are laced with such universal compassion that i am compelled to return again and again to the old myths to see if humble meditation will trip the locks on the reasonable aspects of these ancestral dream like misadventures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Don't fret about skipping over the link above. If this essay captures your imagination you can go back and read it. And the chart below is really just for people who are fascinated with the kinds of maps of heaven that people like Pythagoras and Plato would have been exposed to when they studied the system of time used by the Babylonians, Egyptians and other cultures that those eminent Greeks admired. The current format is quite evolved from the one used 24 centuries ago, but the language is the same and still refers to the cycles of the same planets in the same galaxy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So relax your mind. Take a few conscious breaths. The map below is for the moment i changed the clock on my stove for daylight savings time in Raleigh. There's a lot of information there. More than most people need, but plenty for someone who wants to formulate a very specific and accurate model in their mind of where Raleigh was in the ever unfolding cosmos. Keep in mind that to Plato's contemporaries, the Greek word cosmos meant order or arrangement; so if one of Plato's first students at the Academy were transported to the 1950's and saw news reports on television about Russian cosmonauts in 'outer' space, they might very well imagine a futuristic boat exploring the order of the heavens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">While this may be an annoying distraction, i encourage readers to at least make a note to meditate on Jason and the Argonauts, including a full study of the celestial mechanics of the northern constellation Hercules and the southern constellation Argo Navis. The story, though much older, was recorded by Apollonius Rhodius just a few generations after Plato wrote Timeaus, in which he points out that the absurd myths associated with the constellations are actually referring to the angular relationships between heavenly spheres. Though the chart below does not explicitly locate Hercules, any person thoroughly versed in the teachings of the Babylonian and Egyptian priesthood would have understood the 26 thousand year cycle between the northern constellation Hercules and the location of the spring equinox along the ecliptic. Now-a-days we refer to it as the precession of the equinox. Don't be fooled by tradition bound authoritative scholarship citing Hipparchos as the discoverer of this celestial phenomenon. Neither Plato nor Hipparchos considered themselves discoverers; Plato stated as a matter of course that the philosophy, which meant technology of nature, he was writing about had come to the Greeks from the Babylonians and Egyptians.</span><br />
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Enough wandering through a small segment of ancient history in a very limited region of our globe, and back to this morning's chart. Below you will see two pairs of planets circled. Each pair is in an aspect called conjunction. That means they are lined up with each other. </div>
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Aspect is a word often used in astrology to describe the angular relationship between two points. When the Moon is full it is 180 degrees in the chart circle from the Sun. We call this aspect an opposition. When the Moon is new and visible a few days after conjunction it appears as a thin crescent for a mere hour or two after sunset; then, it is 30 degrees from the Sun in the chart and we call this aspect a semisextile. A few days later the crescent is thicker and appears higher in the sky at sunset; in the chart the moon is then 60 degrees from the Sun and this aspect is called a sextile. Let's skip over the square (90 degrees) and the trine (120 degrees) and look at the quincunx which is the 150 degree aspect. The Moon reached that stage in its relationship with the Sun yesterday morning.<br />
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Aspects are a very popular shorthand for considering the relationship between two points. Many astrology sites distinguish between major and minor aspects, as though some relationships are more important than others. While it is true that some relationships grab our attention more than others the nice thing about charts is that we can use them to equalize those relationships and simply see them as a series of steps in repeating cycles. We do this by meditating on houses. Each 30 degrees a point puts between itself and another one in a cycle represents a house. When the Seventh house is reached the two points begin coming back together, with the last 6 houses marking the half of the cycle where the separation between the two points is gradually diminished.<br />
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Next is the same chart for this morning when I changed the clock, but this time i made a circle with 30 degree sections beginning at Venus/Uranus; so you can see how the Moon is near the end of Venus/Uranus' 4th house and about to enter their 5th.</div>
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The terminology can be very confusing. For instance see the numbers around the very small circle in the center of the chart? They go from 1 -12 counting from the AC, which means ascendant. That's the eastern horizon where we see things come up as we turn on Earth's axis. While the Moon is in the 5th house from the Ascendant, it is in the 4th house from Venus and Uranus and the 6th house from the Sun and Neptune.<br />
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Are you getting dizzy thinking about all these relationships? The yoga sutras remind us to focus on just one. You enter the mandala seeing the many points and lines connecting them - there are so many it is impossible to make sense of all of them - but you can ponder a few and as you proceed in meditation allow your mind to settle on one relationship considering only the two points involved and the signs they are in. For instance, let's consider the relationship between the Moon and Venus/Uranus. The Moon is in the very beginning of the sign Virgo which is the step in the zodiac associated with study, learning and apprenticeship. The Moon, because it is so near to us, proceeds very quickly through the zodiac in less than 29 days. Meanwhile, Venus is lining up with Uranus in Taurus. Uranus is fairly distant and slow in its cycle, we will not see it pass into Gemini until summer 2025, while Venus will enter Gemini in less than four weeks (April 3). So, since it involves the Moon and Venus, we know this relationship is changing very rapidly. We are talking about psyche, that strange word in classic Greek literature that is invariably translated into English as soul. Psyche is impossible to grasp, but infuses everything. Psyche is most certainly associated with breath and the human ability or inability to control it. A person with a disturbed psyche is unable to control their breath. They are under control of emotional forces for better or worse. Like an infant blessed with good health, well nurtured and fed on a regular schedule, the Moon in Virgo translates as the psyche in a very regulated step in the zodiac cycle. It is only there for 2 and 1/2 days, but this morn marked the beginning of that short period.<br />
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An informative aside here - a very experienced astrologer would have in the bottom pool of their mind an awareness that Mercury is now stationary in Aquarius, its sign of exaltation. They would not need to distract their mind to gain an understanding of how this placement of Mercury strengthens the refined energy of the Moon in Virgo. Come along with me. Let that pass as we return our focus to the one relationship under consideration.<br />
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The Moon in Virgo is at the end of Venus and Uranus' 4th house. The 4th house is the most tender step in the process of one sphere separating from another sphere. The 4th house is the house of children and dependents as opposed to the 10th house of parents and responsibility. Any planet from 90 -120 degrees ahead of another planet is just beginning to stand on its own two feet independently of the planet in question. In this case the studious Moon is finishing the tender segment of its evolving relationship with Uranus and Venus. The previous 2 and 1/2 days while Moon was passing through bouncing Leo, in addition to all the other relationships it had with the various points in heaven, it was looking back at Uranus and Venus in Taurus steadily going through their respective paces like a couple of blinded horses driving a grindstone from the bars strapped to their halters. Remember Venus is just passing through for a month of helping Uranus in its 7 year indentured servitude. But what a wonderful partnership. No planet is more disposed to accepting the weight of a heavy load than Venus. Venus bears weight as though it were merely a puff of water vapor hesitant to evaporate and take leave of such kindness and equanimity. So Moon in bouncing Leo looks back at Venus and Uranus driving their load as though they are stepping to some happy tune humming in their heads. Venus near Uranus in Taurus brings kindness to this vulnerable period in the Moon's monthly cycle with Uranus. Most other months, as the Moon circles from Uranus in Taurus to its 4th house (bouncing Leo is 4th house from Taurus) it looks back and sees only the powerful planet of revolution (Uranus) moving a heavy load like a solitary ox yoked to a plow. The hard working beast may be humming a happy tune or hearing "Old Man River" repeating in its weary mind. What must it feel like for the Moon to be at a sock hop learning the latest dance while Uranus seems stuck for almost ever yoked to the plow in the sunny field?<br />
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But this morning the Moon neared the end of that 4th house step with Sweet V and and Mighty Big U. Now it is entering school. While not driving a mill or pulling a plow, the Moon is doing its own work filling out forms or studying data. It is in a calmer place after the party and by now, as i have spent most of the day composing this post, it is at 6Virgo21. Can you see it in the chart below getting ready to rise? Counting 30 degree sections starting at 4Taurus01 can you tell that is has crossed into Venus/Uranus' 5th house?<br />
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Can you tell that I am having fun composing a very involved post? It is hard work. I have worn blinders most of this day, determined to finish what could seem like a very boring task. And i have only just begun. There is still a conversation with my husband about a dream he barely remembers. That took place yesterday when the Moon was in the bouncy sign of Leo but at the same time in 4th house tender step of its cycle with Uranus. Who knows when i will return to work on this page exploring the connection between astrology and how i see dreams as riddles, sometimes playful and nearly always baffling, tossed up from the pool of darkness.<br />
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This is the chart for ending this post, with fond hopes of returning soon to further this project about Dreaming in the Dark.<br />
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Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-5019027581382604012020-03-06T12:51:00.000-05:002020-03-06T13:03:28.869-05:00White Like Me<span style="font-size: large;">I have a new part time job working for Power Up NC, a non partisan environmental justice arm of NC League of Conservation Voters. Kind of a surprise for me, but looky at Venus coming to meet with Uranus in the beginning of Taurus (circled in green just above eastern horizon).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I put a blue circle around Mercury at the top. Below is a version of the same chart with more info included. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The chart below shows where it (Venus) was when I first started getting involved with Power Up. And here's a link to a (long) post from that period in my life. <a href="http://mpkellagher.blogspot.com/2019/07/tripping-with-leo.html" target="_blank">Tripping with a Leo</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the next several years Uranus is in Taurus, which is my Sun sign! (born May 3) I didn't circle Venus in the above chart for July 23rd. Can you find it in the upper left quadrant of the chart? See Sun and Mercury just to the left? They were all in Uranus' <a href="http://mpkellagher.blogspot.com/p/houses.html" target="_blank">3rd house.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now Venus is about to line up with Uranus, which is the end of Uranus' 12th house. In July, Venus was in the early steps of its cycle with Uranus. Now it is ending that cycle and getting ready to start a new one! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have learned a lot about the work of organizing people for environmental justice during this cycle of Venus and Uranus. I did a chart a few days ago when i watched a funny video. I was telling my old boyfriend about some of the racial justice discussions i had participated in. He asked if i read Black Like Me. Yes! I remembered that book! He said he was thinking of a sketch Eddy Murphy did on Saturday Night Live called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_LeJfn_qW0" target="_blank">White Like Me</a>. He smiled remembering it. So i watched that and laughed a lot! i left the title 'White Like Me' when i did the chart for today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am attending a lot of city government meetings, meetings to learn about nonprofit community advocacy groups. I have to write a lot of reports in order to keep everything straight. Sometimes i go to two meetings in a day and also clean a house. It can be scary to make a record that someone else will read. Am i including the best info for them to get the important stuff from a meeting they could not attend? It takes some time to meditate on the meetings and decide how to record all the communication I've been engaged in. That's what i was thinking about when i did the chart for this morn. Two nights ago i was scared I could not get it all down. This morning, after spending time looking at websites of the organizations we met with, and the video of the Raleigh City Council meeting, i felt like i was gaining a wonderful familiarity with the workings of local government. I look forward to knocking on doors and sharing my enthusiasm for the changes that are afoot in my town. We can be involved! It's not as hard as we think! It's fun to know what's actually going on! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mercury stationary at the end of Aquarius. I've had a good teacher, sending me to various groups for leadership training, organizational meetings and such and then discussing with me what i've learned. The last section (dodecatemoria) of Aquarius is Capricorn. See how many days Mercury is backing through the last 2 degrees 30 minutes of Aquarius? I was lost and scared while it was in Pisces. How would I ever keep up with all this talking? Now i finally have time to review and study. I feel like i have a better handle on the flow of info.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> So this morning i am noticing Venus near the end of its cycle with Uranus and feeling that i am near the end of my first big adventure with community organizing. And with Mercury retro, slowing down at the tail end of Aquarius i am going back through scary but cool opportunities to synthesize info from several sources and report my findings.</span><br />
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<br />Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-12893919466526338632020-02-13T12:31:00.000-05:002020-02-13T12:31:22.380-05:00Daily Galactic DiveLooking at this morn's chart I thought about how we are now more than half way up in our yearly cycle of orbiting above and then below the Sun. What?! above and below?! Don't we go around the Sun? Well we do, but if your frame of reference is the plane of the Milky Way galaxy, then we go above and below blazing Sol. Lost? wanna get found in just 5 minutes? click on this link for a visual aid in picturing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB_6OT-dmyA" target="_blank">Earth's orientation to the plane of the Milky Way</a>.<br />
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In the video i showed Earth turning on its axis, but i did not show Earth orbiting above and below the Sun. Scroll down to the end of this post for an image i found several years ago on an astronomy site which might help picture that motion.<br />
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Did you scroll down and look at the Brian Fenerty graphic? Pretty wild I'd say. Pretty damn cosmic compared to what we grew up with. Cosmic as in order. Like that's not the system we see in all our exalted SCIENCE textbooks. Scuse me for being facetious. No, I did not march in defense of SCIENCE. I was probably on the couch studying STUFF. <br />
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Chill out MP.<br />
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As i was about to say before i got so rude and angry, don't feel stupid if you feel completely lost looking at these images. It's ok to doubt my sanity, as long as you continue to ask questions and test your suspicions. But feeling dumb is something that comes with new ideas, even if the ideas are more accurate and inclusive visualizations of our very old (4 billion plus years) solar system that we think we learned all about in elementary school. <br />
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Here's the chart for this morn showing 18 hours and some minutes crossing the midheaven.<br />
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I circled sidereal time 18 hr 35 mins and MC 8 deg Capricorn. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=BR4t65G4YoY&feature=emb_logo" target="_blank"> Capricorn goes from 18 -20 hours. </a><br />
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Here's a constellation we see due South or North depending on Northern or Southern Hemisphere when 18-20hrs are crossing the MC. <br />
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I got that from Wikipedia. They have great constellation maps from Sky and Telescope.<br />
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Ok. You may have noticed I said Capricorn was on the MC at 9:17am, and Capricorn goes from 18hrs-20hrs. Why is this graphic showing the Tea Pot astrerism from Sagittarius on the MC and not the Goat constellation? If you don't understand this already, you might want to save that question for another day; but if you happen to be really focused and brave today try Googling Precession of the Equinoxes. And the <a href="http://mpkellagher.blogspot.com/p/acmc.html" target="_blank">MC page </a>might help.<br />
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Next is a screenshot from Stellarium showing Raleigh facing the same area of heaven, with Sun's light filtered out. Can you see the Tea Pot asterism? See how close it is to the Galactic Equator? That means Raleigh is facing the plane of the Milky Way looking into its center.<br />
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Next is a screenshot from Stellarium for a few hours later when Raleigh is almost facing into the Milky Way's bottom dome. <br />
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Cetus the sea monster tells us we are facing down. It goes from about 1hr to 3hrs. In the current era Earth's celestial equator goes right through Cetus's neck.<br />
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Here's a shot showing higher in the Raleigh sky at 9:17am (Sun's light filtered out) so you can see Cygnus the Swan. A boy dove into the river over and over looking for his drowned friend. The gods turned him into a swan and put him in the sky. I think Cygnus is Greek for swan. So we're diving like swans to face the bottom of the galaxy when Cygnus is crossing the meridian also known as midheaven.<br />
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Amazing huh? That's what I thought when i finally found it. I think I got it from an astronomy site for a planetarium in Calgary, Canada. I can't find the page again so I can't be sure. There is something in the image about an animated gif. All I could find was the image.</div>
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<br />Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-74622071421146089452020-01-31T10:25:00.000-05:002020-01-31T10:25:33.212-05:00Moon Enters TaurusTonight Eastern Standard Time, Moon passes from urgent Aries to keep plugging away Taurus.<br />
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That's Northern Hemisphere. In Southern Hemisphere Moon currently appears on the descending stretch of the ecliptic, passing from Libra to Scorpio.<br />
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Remember not to confuse zodiac signs with constellations. We will all, north and south, see Moon at end of constellation Pisces. I put a blue mark in the screen shot of Pisces below to show approximate location of Moon and Uranus. It's a blue bar crossing the ecliptic right after the 2 hour line. The zodiac <i>sign</i> Aries goes from 0 hours to 2 hours.<br />
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Next is a screenshot from the astro.com ephemeris file (free!) showing Moon ingresses (sign changes). I put a blue mark where it shows the GMT time for Moon entering Taurus.</div>
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Converting 00:28UT/GMT to East coast USA time we get 7:28pm Jan 31.<br />
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You can see Moon next to Uranus in upper right quadrant of the chart. It is a little more than 2.5 degrees from Uranus. It will catch up with the rolling planet about 5 hours later.<br />
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Can you see how the Moon and Uranus disappear under the horizon (horizontal line in chart) while Moon is overtaking big U?<br />
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Folks in Boise, ID with the right kind of telescope and clear skies might be able to see the lineup.<br />
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I go back and look at my posts after hitting the publish button and always find mistakes. This morn I fixed 2 faulty links in <a href="http://mpkellagher.blogspot.com/2020/01/thesecond-thing-i-noticed-looking-at.html?m=1" target="_blank">yesterday's post.</a><br />
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<br />Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-35865803288749778792020-01-29T16:42:00.001-05:002020-01-31T08:30:34.630-05:00Mars enters Neptune's House of Respect<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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second thing I noticed looking at this morning’s chart was Mars in
the very beginning of Neptune’s !0<sup>th</sup> house. In a very
general sense, a planet in the 10<sup>th</sup> house of anything is
near the midheaven when the ‘anything’ in question is appearing
on the eastern horizon.<a href="http://mpkellagher.blogspot.com/p/houses.html?m=1" target="_blank"> (Click here for page about houses</a>) But first things second - the first thing I noticed was the Moon
entering Aries. I should point out Moon's current ruler, because it took me years
to incorporate this consideration in my astrological meditation, and
when I finally did the fuzzy lines of connection and demarcation
became more focused; when Moon is in Aries it is ruled by
the planet that rules Aries – Mars. <span id="goog_1249079460"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"> </a><a href="http://mpkellagher.blogspot.com/p/rulerships-and-exaltations.html?m=1" target="_blank">(Link to page on Rulerships)</a> So, though I’m not
comfortable with beginning this post (I should probably be resting
before going to clean a house) I’m taking an Aries risk and doing
it anyway. I’m driven by an urge stronger than the usual caution
that holds me on the couch. Mars is ruling the Moon for the next 2
days while Moon passes through Aries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The
chart above is for yesterday when I was at the dentist. I had
arrived 10 mins late for appointment and Nikki, the super cool
hygienist was working on a tooth with bleeding gum. I’ve lost a
few, and she remarked that this was my new problem tooth. She was
not cracking as many jokes as she usually does, and I noticed when we
were talking after she finished on my teeth that she was yawning a
lot. I asked her if she had not gotten enough sleep the night
before. On the way, late, to the office I was thinking how wonderful
it is to have these people in the world who get up early every work
day to be ready to help people like me, who spend so much time on the
couch. She had not noticed the yawning and said she would
get some caffeine as soon as I left. Now that I think of it, I guess my customers appreciate the work I do for them, but yesterday i felt humbled by the discipline of the people in the dental office- always having to be on time, and polite to patients who arrive late with bleeding gums.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">At
that moment I was not thinking about Mars being 1/12 of a degree into
Neptune’s 10<sup>th</sup> house. I think about these things when
I’m on the couch. I fiddle with charts and numbers to get the
exact time some event will happen, sometimes I even write it down,
and then I forget about it. During recent sessions of playing with
charts I have been thinking of Jupiter now in Capricorn. Mars has
been in Sagittarius for almost all of Jan, and Jupiter would be
ruling it, except that it went into Capricorn a month before Mars
passed into its territory. Jupiter rules the gambling sign of
Sagittarius. But it’s not there anymore. The year of the gambler
is over and since Dec 2019 the high roller is in the austere land of
Saturn. And Saturn is home. Saturn (its so called angels referred
to as Thrones in old time esoteric theology, maybe
because Saturn seems to sit while the other planets from Moon out to
Mars race around the snake of the ecliptic) is
ultimately ruling just about every planet right now. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">It’s
kind of a relief isn’t it? The rubber might burn a bit when it
first hits the road, but soon enough the tire comes to a steady
relationship with the pavement and propels the vehicle forward. The
noise and smoke gives way to movement. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">But
I started out thinking of Mars entering the last quarter of its cycle
with Neptune, which is even slower than Saturn, 5 times slower. Now
that’s a heavy throne. I wondered when this cycle began, and in
which sign. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Well,
since Mars takes about 2 years to go around the zodiac, and
we’re in the last quarter of it’s cycle with a nearly stationary
planet, I figured a little more than a year, but less than two. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Above
is the page for Dec 2018 ephemeris from Astro.com. You can see that
they met in early Dec 2018 in 13<sup>th</sup> degree of Pisces. I
thought about how I had realized on returning from my short journey
to Maine that aside from the expense of a crown for a broken tooth, I
really needed to invest in repairs for my house that I had been
ignoring for years. In fact, the day a repair person came I got a
long and scary list of repairs that would cost more than $10,000. I
was kind of freaked out, and realized this is the kind of situation
where people get sucked into spending money they don’t have, in
other words borrowing money. The repair person said the value of the
house would increase and pay for the loan his company could set me up
with. “This is how so many people wind up with houses in
foreclosure!” is what came to my mind as I struggled with the
panic. I knew I had to get that guy out of my house so I could think
things through and find my own way of moving forward with a big
problem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Now,
13 months later it seems like it’s been at least two years since a
very competent friend did about $3,000 worth of work and I have no
more awful worries about my house crumbling or spewing water from a
broken pipe. In the months between Mars meeting Neptune in Pisces I
gained a more realistic understanding of what the risks were of
letting certain things go, and I was blessed with a new friendship
with a person highly skilled in home maintenance. I look back on the dental
crown a year ago and another dying tooth that finally got pulled this
summer, and think, “Yes I have a new problem tooth, but I know the
worst of my dental problems are behind me.” Just like with my
house, I put off going to a dentist for years, so the last 5 years
have been expensive in that department too. Mars has circled all the
way from panicky, what-is-going-to-happen-next Pisces to
we-can-do-anything-with-next-to-nothing Sagittarius. Mars knows
that’s just a figure of speech, because Jupiter is in sober
Capricorn. Remember, Jupiter rules Sagittarius. Saturn rules
Capricorn. And both Jupiter and Saturn are now in Capricorn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Then
I went back way further and thought about where Mars was in its cycle
with Neptune when my son was born. It was in Neptune’s 8<sup>th</sup>
house. That’s not as far as the 10<sup>th</sup>, but it’s a
mature place with respect to Neptune. When Mars gets more than half
way into its cycle with Neptune, it’s got Neptune’s number; the
worrisome surprises are no longer surprises, they’re things that can be looked back on.</span></div>
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¾ of a degree into Neptune’s 10<sup>th</sup> house. You can also
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I cleaned for a couple of former customers that have been in a retirement community for 4
years. I haven’t been for over two years. I’ve been too busy
resting and they have been too busy dealing with health emergencies.
We spent an hour just talking about their hospital/doctor adventures
and my latest news. Then I moved all the furniture in their bedroom
to get hidden dust that the community cleaning crew does not have
time for. It was like old times from the years when I cleaned their
house. I sent the husband to his reading chair when he expressed
worry about me moving a dresser. I said, “Does it feel like old
times?” </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">As I prepare to post this from the library parking lot (free internet!) I'm noticing that Moon was still near Venus and Neptune yesterday when I arrived late and felt terribly grateful for disciplined health care professionals. This morning it was just entering Aries. Yesterday morning it was at 19 Pisces.</span>
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got up a few minutes after 5:47 this morn. The chart for that moment
showed the old crescent moon a couple degrees above the horizon, so I
knew it would be visible soon. It was below freezing and I really
didn’t want to go out, though I knew the sky was clear. Then I
remembered that the moon in Capricorn rises a good 20 degrees south
of east and I could probably see it from my south facing (not exactly
south, about 30 east of south) front door window. There are 3 small
panes of glass right around eye level for a 5ft8in adult. Well, I
looked and looked. It seemed time for the old queen to enter stage
left. Finally I went outside, crossed the street and there it was, on the other side of
the giant canvass of dark foliage spreading like a thick fan above
the trunk of a live oak, one of the few not yet turned into wood
chips in the park my house faces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Not
showing yet, bout 15 more minutes. This morning I woke up thinking,
among vague memories of a dream and other forgotten stuff, about a
note I came across recently: <i>Hercules wakes up in January.</i>
I’m guessing I came across it in studies of ancient philosophy. I
wondered how much later in the year Hercules reappears in the morning
sky now-a-days. Or if Hercules 'wakes up' a bit earlier. Guessing the fourteenth hour would be near the MC I
picked up my little phone and did a chart. You can see the MC for
5:47 this morn in Raleigh was at the end of Libra. Libra goes from
about 12hours to 14 hours. Every sign extends about 2 hours along
the equator, more or less. It’s that more or less that makes each
sign special, unique, for reals as in real estate that surveyors
measure and map, but this is heavenly real estate, which still
belongs to all of us, since aren’t we all children of God and isn’t
that where God lives? I might be using slippery logic there. </span></div>
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the Sun is up</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">It
is a degree above the naked trees. I was waiting to confirm, to get
a good sense of the actual body, as opposed to the little white
circle on Stellarium, or the symbol in the chart, that the Sun would
come up a few degrees north compared to the old Capricorn Moon. A
handwidth to the left (since I live in the northern hemisphere* and
face south to view the planetary highway, aka ecliptic) of this
morn’s Moonrise. I treasure, literally, the way Silas Marner
counted the rolling coins when he was living in exile from the
Christians that banished him from their community – I treasure the
ability to guesstimate where a planet will appear on the eastern
horizon. It doesn’t seem so important on a map, every thing is on
the same page; all we have to do is scan the symbols to find what
interests us, which is especially easy when we’re familiar with
what those symbols (or the planets they represent) do. An electronic
engineer, familiar with the language, can tell where the voltage
increases or decreases in the map of a circuit; an accountant can
review financial records and tell where a company is losing or
gaining capital; an astrologer, knowing how fast each planet moves
and the directions of various intersecting cycles can quickly locate
her target on a chart. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">But
the actual sky is sooo much bigger! It is the difference between
reading the little guidebook for the Appalachian Trail that describes
where the next spring is; a hundred paces beyond the hairpin turn in
the trail, take a right at the opening in the rail fence. Follow the
blue blazes 500 yards. The spring is on the left. When the Nalgene
bottles are all empty the faith in those directions is sorely tested.
But testing those directions is what we do. And when we get
confused and take a left where it said take a right, or somehow miss
some little detail, and have to go back and check, and do it all
over, and wonder, did the people writing this guide know what they
were doing? And look! There it is! Cool water hopping over little
rocks and pebbles! Something we would surely have passed over on the
trail had we not put faith in that guidebook, had we not put it to
the test.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">It
is sweet indeed, as water from a cool spring, when we are hot and
thirsty, carrying food on our back and a bag to keep us warm when we
lay down under the stars at night. It is sweet to have a guide to
where we are in heaven as well as where we are on earth. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Thirty
years ago I had know idea where or when to look for the Moon on any
given night. Now I do. I don’t have to use timeanddate.com or
even my romantic old timey charts, they only confirm my estimate and
provide easy access to extremely accurate pinpointing. The real
logistics are now well germinated in my mind. My mental map of
heaven is almost as comprehensive as the mental map of my body. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I
know if the Sun is entering Aquarius, the old sliver of a crescent
Moon will rise in Capricorn. The nature of Capricorn is that it
always comes up right before Aquarius, that it always appears most
southerly on the eastern horizon, and always makes the lowest ark
across the sky. The secret, in the days of Pythagoras and Plato, was
that we saw it low in Capricorn because we were in the highest part
of our daily revolution on tilted Earth, or Gaia. Gamma eta. The
word at the root of Genesis and generate. We see any planet low on
the horizon in the sign of the goat, because we are as high as we can
get with respect to the celestial equator.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">We
won’t see the sliver moon rising this low until next year. We can
see the not quite so old, or skinny Capricorn Moon rise Feb 18, but
we’ll have to get up 2 hours earlier (3:57am) to catch it. The
charts and east coast astrologers will say it’s in Sagittarius.
But here is where numbers help. In Raleigh the Moon will be at 29
Sagittarius when it rises, which is closer to the low tropic than 3
Capricorn where it rose this morn.</span></div>
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Van in Memphis TN that translates to 3:35am. And check out who it
will be near! Mars, Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn. A nice parade of
planets traveling through the lower tropic of the ecliptic! We all
get to see that, not at once, we have to wait our turn on the giant
carnival ride.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Well,
I have a new job, not sure when I start. Canvasser for Power Up NC.
Who knows how this will affect my vice of blogging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I
guess that’s why I started this post. Thinking about Hercules
coming out of hibernation, seeing it rise in the early morning sky
after months of being obscured by the Sun, and how the ancients
called it ‘waking up.’ I didn’t actually look for Hercules, I
saw the Big Dipper over Polaris, so I knew it was in the north east.
I also knew since the 14<sup>th</sup> hour was crossing the meridian,
the !6th-18th hours were rising in the east.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Hercules is a northern
constellation stretching from the !6<sup>th</sup> to the 18<sup>th</sup>
hour. But like I said I didn’t look for Hercules; instead I ran
over to the parking lot looking for the show stealing Moon hidden
behind that massive old live oak. I’ll spot Hercules tomorrow morn.
I can probably see it without even leaving my front yard. I’ve
been missing the night sky, falling asleep early, or reading under
blankets instead of stepping outside. I’m getting a blog post and
a few nighttime glimpses in before my work week gets busier.</span></div>
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Wed Jan 22, 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">*I’m
thinking about folks in southern hemisphere. After all it is part of the same planet. I usually imagine someone viewing
the sky from Valdivia Chile, since that’s about the same longitude
as Brooklyn NY. They would see the skinny old Moon rising way north
of east (Cancer the Crab – from the southern hemisphere the same
stretch of the ecliptic that we see <i>low</i> appears <i>high</i> in the sky!) Also they are facing north instead of south to see the ecliptic, so
they see the Moon rising on their <i>right. </i>That, to me, is like the midnight Sun in Alaska - hard to believe without actually seeing. This link shows how I alter astrodienst charts to look more like<a href="https://mpkellagher.blogspot.com/2019/01/a-southern-hemisphere-chart.html" target="_blank"> the actual sky in the southern hemisphere</a><br /><i></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">12:54pm at public library</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Inserted the images, made a few changes and now going to post. Gotta go clean a big old house for some big hearted customers. </span></div>
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Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-18067732437966371142019-10-17T14:38:00.000-04:002019-10-17T14:38:26.523-04:00Generation and Trust<span style="font-size: large;">As generation is to existence, so trust is to discovering what's been overlooked.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">From The Timaeus by Plato</span><br />
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I tweaked the translation of Benjamin Jowett. I sure hope he would not mind. The phrase keeps repeating in my mind.<br />
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Here is how I recall the transliteration:<br />
Otiper pros genesien ousia, touto pros pistin alethia.Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-42470706431068689972019-07-25T22:18:00.000-04:002019-07-25T23:03:53.840-04:00Tripping with a Leo<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">This post was written Tues and Wed, July 23 & 24. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I had</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">a</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">fun
road trip with an old boyfriend yesterday that completely wore me
out. Today I am studying charts as I rest </span><span style="font-size: medium;">before</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
work tomorrow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">M</span><span style="font-size: medium;">y
old boyfriend </span><span style="font-size: medium;">is the
epitome of</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Leo, born
July 23 at midday. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">In
the years we were together, his tantrums were </span><span style="font-size: medium;">so
theatrical some of my otherwise intelligent friends actually worried
that the police should check up on him. I have wonderful memories of
our more dramatic fights. No matter how physical we got, I was never
afraid of him. He fought fair with plenty of flair. He used to
watch lots of WWW (World Wide Wrestling) with </span><span style="font-size: medium;">colorful
characters like </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Ravishing
Rick Rude, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">he’s
played loads of small roles and 1 or 2 leads in local theater, he
reads plays the way the rest of us breathe air, and soaks up opera
like a hippopotamus bathing in a river.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Not
only is my guy a </span><span style="font-size: medium;">fresh
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">Leo, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">born
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">at midday during the
time of year </span><span style="font-size: medium;">when the
sun had just entered that blazing section of the ecliptic;</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
but </span><span style="font-size: medium;">that same week he
came along,</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Mercury was
backing up to meet Uranus in the well respected middle of Leo. A lot
of people only see his bright sun outshining his remarkable wit.
Those of us who are closer to him know </span><span style="font-size: medium;">there
are gut level laughs to be had when he is around true friends.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">If you wonder how
Mercury could have stolen the cattle right from under Apollo’s
nose, or how some people can love a person that repels others, follow
Mercury through it’s cycle, and check out where it is in the charts
of friends. Mercury retrograde is a fascinatingly slippery little
devil, and anyone who comes to know it laughs in genuine mirth at the
mind’s ways, as Apollo did </span><span style="font-size: medium;">only
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">a while after catching
Mercury red handed with his cattle.</span></div>
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were on the last leg of our day long journey of going and coming and
I was reading an article from the New York Times. I was surprised to
see it was the day’s edition and asked i</span><span style="font-size: medium;">f</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
he bought it at the stand. I know he can’t afford a subscription
on his taxi driver income, much less the stand price. No, he didn’t
buy it, but living near a university he has found ways…. “</span><span style="font-size: medium;">The
article on Paul Krassner is in the front section, the next to the
last page.” Something in the arts section had grabbed my attention
but I dutifully picked up the A section, and after skimming some of
the world news, found the obituary. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Paul
Krassner, Anarchist, Prankster and a Yippies Founder Dies at 87</span></i></span><span style="font-size: medium;">.
They had a 1969 </span><span style="font-size: medium;">b&w
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">photo of Krassner, Ed
Sanders and Abbie Hoffman. I remarked that I would never have
recognized any of them. I didn’t even know who Paul Krassner was.
Abbie Hoffman was the only one I had ever heard of, and his baby face
did not match the acerbic reputation I had </span><span style="font-size: medium;">heard
about growing up</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">It
looks like they were sitting on the ground against a wall, in the
middle of a conversation. They all had long hair, of course. These
were the </span><span style="font-size: medium;">hippies</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
my parents </span><span style="font-size: medium;">had
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">complain</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ed</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
about – the ones leading fine young men, like my swimming champion
older brother, into drugs and an anti government netherworld. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">We
were both relieved to be shifting toward what was a neutral subject
for us. Only 10 minutes before, we were leaving his condo and he
could not stop apologizing for the terrible state of uncleanliness.
I was quietly horrified. He knew, and mentioned it several times
throughout the day of driving, that there would be an uncomfortable
reckoning when I saw how he is living. I’ve heard about the
printed material he rescues from dumpsters, so I had an idea. His
big worry was how I would react when I saw his beloved cat. I think
the way I acted when I saw her, held my hand out for her to sniff me,
and stroked her after a few minutes when it was clear she was not
going to run away, confirmed his worst fears. I remarked on the
smell of urine, and peaked in the bathroom. I could see a litter box
in the tub, but </span><span style="font-size: medium;">the
sand</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> didn’t look bad.
The bathroom </span><span style="font-size: medium;">was </span><span style="font-size: medium;">in
really </span><span style="font-size: medium;">pitiful</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
shape, dusty junk all over the counter, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">even</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">some dusty jar was </span><span style="font-size: medium;">in
the sink, - as a professional house cleaner I was unconsciously
adding up the hours of work it would take just to clean the bathroom;
but I could not be sure where the smell was coming from. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">had left the bathroom
and was</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> talking to the
cat. “I’m going to bug him to clean up around here, and..” </span>
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“<span style="font-size: medium;">What?”
he was coming out of the bathroom with another litter box that I had
missed, it had no litter, but half a cup of urine sloshing around in
the corner. Ah ha. That’s where the smell is coming from. </span>
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“<span style="font-size: medium;">I’m
talking to Pancake.” He named her Pancake because he found her in
the middle of a busy highway when she was a little kitten. That’s
what he was afraid she would become if he did not manage to cross the
lanes of traffic after pulling off to the side. She let him pick her
up though, and has lived with him ever since. Naturally, he’s
afraid to let her spend much time outside, he lives on a busy road.
“</span><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m telling her I
will nag you until you clean up and in exchange I will buy Meow Mix
for my cats.” I have 4. Ugh. Right now two of them shake their
heads like they are trying to get water out of their ears, and one
has the scratching signs </span><span style="font-size: medium;">on
her ears </span><span style="font-size: medium;">that come
every year with the heat. I clean their ears and squirt drops of
over the counter ear mite meds into them. But still see some head
shaking and scratching. Pancake, I’m told, turns her nose up at
the Friskies </span><span style="font-size: medium;">which my
cats live on,</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">but</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">eagerly </span><span style="font-size: medium;">gobbles
Meow Mix, so </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I</span><span style="font-size: medium;">’ve
re</span><span style="font-size: medium;">s</span><span style="font-size: medium;">olved
to remember that the next time I buy cat food. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Maybe
even spend more </span><span style="font-size: medium;">for
something seriously satisfying.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">After
a bit of friendly affection Pancake jumped down from the stereo
receiver and made her way across the piles of old magazines, like a
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">hiker</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">stepping on</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
the rocks </span><span style="font-size: medium;">to cross</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
a creek. When she reached the door to the porch, she pawed the trim.
“Don’t do that!” He was almost hollering. I noticed the big
gash in the trim from where she ha</span><span style="font-size: medium;">s</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
clawed at it over the years. She really wants to go out. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I
had so much sympathy for both of them. I felt my old lover’s shame
and I felt her longing to get some fresh air. As I looked around the
apartment and mentioned just a few </span><span style="font-size: medium;">t</span><span style="font-size: medium;">he
things that needed to be done, I said I could see at least 80 hours
of work to get it in decent shape. I was calm. I held back the urge
to seek out a rag and clean something. He doesn’t even have a
vacuum cleaner, just a little hand held ‘dust buster.’ I told
him he needed an upright to get the hair out of the rugs, and he
grabbed a broom and started sweeping the hair off </span><span style="font-size: medium;">a</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
rug </span><span style="font-size: medium;">to the hardwood
floor and then grabbed a dustpan to get it up. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I
started feeling kind of sick. I wondered if it was exhaustion from
the long day driving in the hot sun. I noticed there was a different
smell and asked i</span><span style="font-size: medium;">f</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
he burns incense. “Not usually, but </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I</span><span style="font-size: medium;">’ve
got some going now.” </span>
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“<span style="font-size: medium;">It’s
making me sick, and Pancake probably doesn’t like it.” He was
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">hopping from one task
to another and apologizing profusely.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-size: medium;">So
you think if I just clean up I don’t need to take her to the vet?”
She’s lost a lot of her fur, and has scabs all over her head and
neck. It sounds like the problem clears up for a few months in the
winter, and then comes back with the heat. Every time he talks about
her these worries about her scratching and hair loss come up. This
is the first time I’ve been to his condo and seen the situation. </span>
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“<span style="font-size: medium;">That’s
my opinion.” I said it slowly, and stressed opinion. “I think
if animal...” I was searching for the word, not animal control,
whoever would come from city or county to inspect a home when there
is a concern about animals. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I
think he said animal control and</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">we agreed that wasn’t
the word, but it was clear </span><span style="font-size: medium;">he
understood what I was looking to say. “Yes, I think they would say
this place is unhealthy. I don’t think you even notice the urine
smell. You’ve gotten used to it.” It was one of those big
moments when I know how drastically my life has changed. I knew
there was a desperate longing deep inside that I would not allow to
rise up. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">That old</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
longing to </span><span style="font-size: medium;">dig in to a
big mess</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. It was hard
to imagine him rising to the challenge, the kind of challenge I have
tackled day after day all my adult life. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The
familiar feeling of exhaustion, the one I had ignored for decades,
the way he ignored the smell of urine and put off cleaning for
another day; that feeling of weakness was at the front of my mind.
It won out over the urge to make everything better.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">And something else
was different. I was still and quiet and careful, not because I was
tired. I knew how awful he felt. I thought about how many times I
have felt ashamed when the vet comes to check an animal and it is
clear the problem has existed for a while. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I
have had to stand in my </span><span style="font-size: medium;">comfortable</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
skin as she examines a cat or dog and makes no comment on the fleas
crawling through the pet’s fur. Never, ever, have I been told my
care is less than it could be. She always reassures me and says I am
doing a great job. Then teaches me gently whatever little bit she
can in the visit. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">It
was a relief for me to leave the apartment and be on our way. But </span><span style="font-size: medium;">my
sweet Leo was still smarting from the moment of judgment. He kept
repeating “So you think if I just clean up...” and I kept
responding </span><span style="font-size: medium;">that</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
that was my opinion. His Moon is at the end of Pisces, right where
Venus was when I was born, about a year before him. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">So
we’ve got that amazing tender spot together, th</span><span style="font-size: medium;">at</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
little place at the very end of Pisces right before it turns into
Aries and the balance i</span><span style="font-size: medium;">s</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
tipped, or the seed explodes into new life; </span><span style="font-size: medium;">we
share those experiences of letting go into a scary future, leaving
panic behind and facing big consequences, because we have no choice,
that’s the way life carries us, the way it moves everyone. We both
have a planet in that pivotal spot.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">That’s where the moon
was in the hour before he left Chapel Hill to pick me up. We </span><span style="font-size: medium;">were
going</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> to his home town
to pick up his car. The home place has been sold and he has been
back and forth several times cleaning out stuff accumulated over the
years, stuff his mother surely wished he would have taken years ago.
Now she is near the end of her life, she is weak and feeble and every
week she lives is a great gift to him and his sister. The sister has
done most of the work, bringing the mom to live with her, finding a
long term care facility near where she lives, selling the house. He
wishes they could take more time to do these things, does it all have
to be so rushed? The sister gets irritated with him. Their mother
says “Now you all have to get along.” and they do, at first for
her</span><span style="font-size: medium;">– </span><span style="font-size: medium;">and
then when they are calmer, and their mother is having a good day or
two, they relax and see how things are not so bad as all that, and
after all, these things do have to be taken care of.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">He
says clean</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ing the condo</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
was supposed to be his project for the summer, but then all this got
in the way. This trip was the last. I was glad he asked me </span><span style="font-size: medium;">to</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
help. He needed someone to drive his car back to Chapel Hill; he </span><span style="font-size: medium;">had</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">left</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
it at the old home in Windsor and used the family truck to go back
and forth over the last several months. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">For
me, it was a chance to </span><span style="font-size: medium;">get
a last visit to the family home that I had not seen since we broke up
in ‘94. I walked around and entered a giant</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
three car garage with a second floor for extra shop space. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">His
father had it built since the last time I had been there.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">There was a new
addition on the house that I had heard about but not seen. His
father was incredibly industrious,</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
a giant of a man, in body and soul. Both parents taught in the local
public schools and the dad worked some years in school
administration. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">We met
the buyer as we were about to leave. I had spent several minutes
walking around the property asking about a little </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Lilly</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
pond I did not remember. The fruit trees were still in good shape
but the extensive garden </span><span style="font-size: medium;">the
dad</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> had kept for years
was now a lawn; the only sign of its former existence was the nearly
naked grape vine on the </span><span style="font-size: medium;">3
long arbor</span><span style="font-size: medium;">s still
s</span><span style="font-size: medium;">tanding</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
in the back yard. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">A
memory flitted through my mind of the many baskets of scuppernong
grapes that made their way to Raleigh from that productive vine. The</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
mom could prune trees and shrubs, but as she got older the garden was
too much. She did fine for a good few years after he died, carrying
on with her volunteer job as a docent at the local historic site,
visiting with friends and family. It was hard to accept that she
could age too. But her heart is finally giving out …</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-size: medium;">can imagine the dread
he felt as he prepared to leave yesterday morning. He knew I would
be horrified when I saw how he is living. He called last night a few
hours after dropping me off at home. I was sacked out on the couch.
“Thank you for guilting me into getting this done.” He wanted to
tell me about all the stuff he had thrown away. But I was pretty
worn out. So he called me back today. He said he had been up most
of the night, and listed some of the stuff he had thrown away. I
wondered if he filled the dumpster for the complex, and he said today
was pick up so it’s all gone already. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">When
we said goodbye and hung up I went back to studying charts. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">People
familiar with this blog might notice that I’ve included the option
for the previous new moon for the first time. They call it prenatal
new moon, but it’s really just the new moon immediately preceding
any event under consideration. I just started using that option
today. It’s kind of handy so I left it on when I got the chart for
Paul Krassner. Outside the circle you can see the New Moon in the
Libra dodecatemoria of Aries. Then inside the circle, for the big
event, you can see the young crescent Moon in Taurus and the Sun in
the Scorpio dodec of Aries. Nice to know where that cycle started. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I’ve
posted a few times on Facebook about my recent involvement with Power
Up. It’s drawing me back into the social world and off the couch.
I keep telling myself I’ll just take one more baby step and see how
things go. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I went to a
really good training session Saturday morn, and spent the afternoon
and evening resting. Sunday I rested even more and got in some
really productive studying. But then Sunday night there was a bru ha
ha on Facebook over a neighbor’s party. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Some
high powered new professional in the neighborhood </span><span style="font-size: medium;">had
taken</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> pictures of the
sea of beer cans in </span><span style="font-size: medium;">the</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
front yard and posted them on the group page to our neighborhood.
The tables and chairs had all been taken down, and all that was left
to clean up were the scattered cans, but apparently the party hosts
felt that could wait. One neighbor commented that it looked like the
good old days. We used to have more Mexicans in this neighborhood
and if you knew the right people you could get invited to a party
almost every weekend, with a sit down dinner, all the beer, soda or
juice you can drink, cake, pinata, music and dancing, catching up
with friends… the good old days. Another neighbor suggested the
poster get a life. She was clearly offended by the offended poster.
“What kind of people are we renting to?” </span><span style="font-size: medium;">was</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">flying</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
above</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> of the
sea-of-beer cans pictures, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">like
a</span><span style="font-size: medium;">n advertising banner</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
trailing the back of a low flying plane</span><span style="font-size: medium;">.
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I
was numb. It was like watching a kkk rally. How to respond to such
attitudes, there didn’t seem to be any good thing to say. People
chimed in that it was disgusting. The get-a-life neighbor couldn’t
let it go. She had to let them know how foolish it is to be offended
by beer cans in a front yard. I sat on the couch feeling like a
zombie, unable to move, lost for ideas of what to do to stand up for
my friends. The only reason I was not at that party is that I need
so much rest. I love these parties, I love the time with my
neighbors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Then
my next door neighbor called. She had seen the post and comments.
The remark ‘disgusting’ was translated into Spanish as pigs,
cerdos. Was that racist, that they were calling the Mexicans cerdos?
“No,” I said. “It is not racist. It is overly righteous and
intolerant, but it is not racist.” We talked about the American
next to the sea-of-beer cans partiers whose backyard is so full of
junked vehicles and fascinating old machinery that it is visible from
the front. He was born and raised in the hood. No we don’t want
to bring that up because it will make trouble for him. If the clean
seniora has not noticed </span><span style="font-size: medium;">the
American’s messy yard</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
that is better. If she does she’ll make grief for him too. My
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">next door neighbor
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">friend told me she
wanted to write a comment. She was at the party. It wasn’t like
that when she left. The bags of garbage must have gotten torn and
blown around. But her daughter discouraged posting a comment. It
would just add fuel to the fire. I agreed. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I
had napped and studied most of Sunday. I was still too tired to
finish washing the dishes. But I had pitted a couple pounds of
cherries and baked a crisp with them. The dishes were all rinsed and
ready for the nice hot, soap</span><span style="font-size: medium;">y</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
bath. I didn’t mind letting them wait. I was too tired to study,
but that was ok, because my studies had been so productive in between
naps, I was satisfied on that front. So I went to bed. But I
couldn’t sleep. “Ugh!” I thought. “I hope this won’t be
a </span><span style="font-size: medium;">drag on the road trip
tomorrow</span><span style="font-size: medium;">.” I got my
phone out and worked </span><span style="font-size: medium;">on
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">memorizing my latest
bit of Persian poetry. I looked up words in Google Translate. I
read articles on Quora. I finally turned off the light for the last
time at about 4am. When </span><span style="font-size: medium;">my
guy phoned from out front</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
at 6:51 </span><span style="font-size: medium;">to say he was
here, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">it woke me from a
bad dream. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">At
least I did not have to drive until we got to Windsor. I tried to
read the paper, but my boyfriend was in the mood for conversation.
Then I would hear something on the radio I wanted to follow and he
would talk over it or turn it down. But none of these things going
against my whims lasted long. Some how the little irritations stayed
that way, and disappeared quickly. I read almost a whole article
which I can’t even remember. I’ll remember it when I try though.
Then, on the way from Windsor </span><span style="font-size: medium;">driving</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
his car, I heard a</span><span style="font-size: medium;">n
interview</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">with</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">a </span><span style="font-size: medium;">trans
lgbt </span><span style="font-size: medium;">rep who had been</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
on a reality show. The interview w</span><span style="font-size: medium;">as</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
great. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I was learning
all kinds of new terminology that I’ve been confused about since
the transgender movement has reached mainstream. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I
followed my boyfriend off the rural hiway and into a gas station. He
needed gas and a a snack. I didn’t want to admit I wanted to
hear what they were talking about. It seemed so … me...the earnest
lesbian feminist. But he was already finished filling </span><span style="font-size: medium;">both</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
tank</span><span style="font-size: medium;">s and had moved his
truck to the side parking lot. I sat behind the wheel of his car
listening….He was motioning to me from the distant parking area. I
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">had not</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
even heard him fill the tank, I was so absorbed in the interview.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">I finally started up
the engine, drove over to the parking area, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">and
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">parked beside his
truck. </span>
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-size: medium;">You
already filled this tank?’</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-size: medium;">Yes
that’s why I told you I was going to park over here and get a bite
to eat. Do you want something?” First I said no, then decided I
should at least get a sip of water.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span>
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">I
fessed up on the way in to the Taco Bell attached to the gas station.
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">I was dawdling because
I wanted to hear the interview with a trans guy – a young man who
had been born a woman. I was thinking about America and wondering if
she wished I would refer to her as male instead of female. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">“I
feel like Rip Van Winkle,” I said. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The
gay community has rocketed forward into the 21</span><sup><span style="font-size: medium;">st</span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;">
century. I still remember </span><span style="font-size: medium;">gay
couples</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> sneaking into
churches at night to </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Dignity</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
meetings.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> He knew me
when I first left the gay community in 1984. He knew how different
things were back then. </span>
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-size: medium;">You
can listen. I can bring you something.” </span>
</div>
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
“<span style="font-size: medium;">No,
I can hear the rest later if I want. It was a really good interview
though.” That’s how comfortable I felt with him.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">My
boyfriend is not an issues kind of guy. He’s not exactly cynical,
but he has no patience with people who take dogma seriously, whether
it be Christian dogma, or gay/lesbian dogma. He doesn’t even know
he’s like that. It’s just naturally the way he his. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">If
he’s going to be friends with a person the wicked humor will
surface suddenly like a kick board </span><span style="font-size: medium;">shooting
out of the water </span><span style="font-size: medium;">when
let go from the bottom of </span><span style="font-size: medium;">a</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
swimming pool. One thing all his friends have in common is an
ability to laugh freely at their own hypocrisy. Virtue is highly
suspect. As the introspective astrologer I sort this out. He has no
desire </span><span style="font-size: medium;">to </span><span style="font-size: medium;">describe
himself or his motives to anyone. He would much rather read Proust
than engage in conversation about what he or anyone else believes in.
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">When angered, i</span><span style="font-size: medium;">f
he can’t come up with a hilarious insult, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">he’ll
huff and puff and storm around. When he is sad, he is sad. When he
is delighted and entertained, he is delighted and entertained. He
knows there’s something behind it all, he’s read enough good
fiction and watched enough thought provoking movies from countries
all around the world that he’s quite familiar with the depths of
the human soul. He can be polite to anyone who is civil with him.
But when he gets angry, and it takes oh so little to make him angry,
his rage is the most dramatic performance I have ever seen. I have
seen it sooo many times. I have laughed at it so many times. And my
laughter does not make him angry. It encourages the thought
provoking jokes. </span>
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">T</span><span style="font-size: medium;">here’s
something about the fire trine I’ve been meaning to describe on
this blog for years. I like to meditate on trines. Like the trine
of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces; is religious dogma, occult/nature
studies and spirituality. The trine of Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn;
is labor</span><span style="font-size: medium;">er</span><span style="font-size: medium;">,
clerical </span><span style="font-size: medium;">worker</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
and manager. The trine of Gemini, Libra and Aquarius; is
communication, partnership and executive. Well, the fire trine -
these are all my outcomes on the meditation, think about them and see
what you come up with….the fire trine to me, Aries, Leo and
Sagittarius; is warrior, comic and philosopher. Anger and outrage
fuels good comedy. Philosophy sharpens it. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The
best comedy, though rooted in anger, is aiming toward a deeper
understanding. Aries anger, Leo Humor, Sagittarian philosophy.
Philosophy as in understanding nature, not fighting it, not trying to
beat it at its own game. Philosophy as in seeing our humble selves
in the infinite web of life, comedy as in laughing at the absurdity
of life, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">anger</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
as in exploding into life, appearing </span><span style="font-size: medium;">as
suddenly as</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> the latest
hit racing to the top of the charts. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Meditation
on trines is fun. Try it.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Look
at all those planets that were in Aries when Paul Krassner was born.
Mars, Sun, Uranus and Mercury. Uranus is the planet of social
revolution. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Look at
all that anger, that need to stand up for some truth, to answer the
inner call of the warrior. A warrior does not stand by and let
comrades get mowed down by the enemy. A warrior returns fire and
covers the back of the people on her side. I have Mercury in Aries,
but with Sun in Taurus and 2 planets in Pisces I crave peace and
tranquility. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">That need
for peace gets in the way of standing up for what I think is right.
With Mars and Venus in Pisces I question </span><span style="font-size: medium;">whether</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
I </span><span style="font-size: medium;">even</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
know what is right; and with Sun in Taurus I just want to pay the
bills and live in quiet solitude.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">Almost every planet in
Krassner's chart is ultimately ruled by Mars </span><span style="font-size: medium;">in
Aries</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. Anger wins out.
</span>
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">And
then there’s Jupiter across from Saturn in Aquarius. It’s that
Jupiter which had only turned direct 16 hours before he was born that
got me to start this post. If you didn’t know that Jupiter had
been retro for several months you would not get the hidden maturity
of its relationship with Saturn. In the chart Jupiter is </span><span style="font-size: medium;">less
than 10 degrees into <a href="https://mpkellagher.blogspot.com/p/houses.html?m=0" target="_blank">Saturn’s 7</a></span><sup><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mpkellagher.blogspot.com/p/houses.html?m=0" target="_blank">th</a></span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mpkellagher.blogspot.com/p/houses.html?m=0" target="_blank">house</a>. Jupiter appears to be in the early stages of partnership
status with </span><span style="font-size: medium;">ruling
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">Saturn </span><span style="font-size: medium;">(the
only planet powerful Mars is subject to). </span><span style="font-size: medium;">But
a look into the ephemeris for 1931/2 reveals that Jupiter had
advanced completely through Saturn’s 7</span><sup><span style="font-size: medium;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;">,
almost 3 degrees into its 8</span><sup><span style="font-size: medium;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;">
house before going retrograde in Dec 1931. So while the joke
cracking philosopher looks to be just coming into balance with
Saturn, it has actually </span><span style="font-size: medium;">had
a few months shining through the night while </span><span style="font-size: medium;">the
powerful General</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> was
lost to view in the glare of the Sun. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">It
has actually advanced and regressed from a relationship of intimate
power sharing with </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Saturn.
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">And when we look at
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">the even</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
shorter cycle </span><span style="font-size: medium;">of Earth
turning on its axis,</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> a
more powerful magnification setting in our microscopic view of time,
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">Saturn the General, or
Executive, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">was coming
up </span><span style="font-size: medium;">the hour</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">of </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Krassner’s
birth </span><span style="font-size: medium;">(</span><span style="font-size: medium;">according
to the time he gave from memory</span><span style="font-size: medium;">)</span><span style="font-size: medium;">.
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">Jupiter was high in
the sky 5 hours before he was born and still visible above the
treetops when he came into the midnight light. Jupiter in Leo. The
pran</span><span style="font-size: medium;">k</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ster.
And in the house of play, the 5</span><sup><span style="font-size: medium;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;">
house after the ascend</span><span style="font-size: medium;">a</span><span style="font-size: medium;">nt,
he had the still, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">quiet</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
Sun in Taurus; and Venus in early Gemini. His humor was blistering
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">and highly offensive
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">but </span><span style="font-size: medium;">firmly
centered and lightly affirming toward his peers.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">Look again at those 4
planets in Aries at the bottom of the chart and imagine </span><span style="font-size: medium;">an
infant,</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> from birth,
receiving sustenance from a river of fire. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">What
power does fear have over such a person?</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span>
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">This
morning I thought about how gentle we were with each other yesterday.
My boyfriend did not mock me for wanting to hear the interview with
a queer activist. He prompted me to read about an activist who
fought with humor and never backed down, blessed, as they say these
days, with unshakable conviction. Sometimes I waver, in fact I’m
always wavering. Does this really matter? Should I be so concerned
about friends who can’t get a driver’s license? Should it bother
me that there are fewer and fewer houses in the neighborhood th</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ese
same friends can afford to rent? Is it my responsibility to speak
out for them? What is my responsibility as a friend and neighbor?</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Does
this cat really need a clean house to live in? Is it really that
awful that she is losing her fur and covered with bumps on her head
and neck? What is the right thing to say when someone obviously
knows they have failed and needs encouragement? What is the right
thing to say when someone is inflamed with righteous anger? </span>
</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">My
old boyfriend took the path that he knew would lead to a reckoning.
He dreaded the reckoning, but finally faced it. I am going to a
leadership training Thurs night with my next door neighbor. We are
to learn how to be effective community organizers. I will never have
the witty sense of humor that my boyfriend shares with Paul Krassner.
My boyfriend will never be as eager to clean a mess as I am. But he
can get the worst of it in a pinch. And I can find things to laugh
at as I go over the upcoming meeting in Spanish so my neighbor will
have some idea of what’s going on Thurs night. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I
can remember that Paul Krassner stood up for what mattered to him
with courage and humor. </span>
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<br /></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Tonight,
I took a break from writing this post to help someone understand a
form in English, then my neighbor and I spent almost an hour going
over the training we will attend Thurs. It is more than twice as
much work for her since she speaks very little English. But she’s
game. Every time I say do you want to come? She says, “Si! Dios
quiere.” We never know what Dios wants till it actually comes to
pass. We just move forward the best way we know at the time.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">My
favorite part was Krassner’s comeback to being called the father of
the underground press by People magazine, he demanded a paternity
test. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">When I laughed
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">out loud </span><span style="font-size: medium;">my
boyfriend thought I was </span><span style="font-size: medium;">read</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ing</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
the part </span><span style="font-size: medium;">about some
sexual farce involving Lyndon Johnson and John Kennedy’</span><span style="font-size: medium;">s
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">dead </span><span style="font-size: medium;">body.</span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">I </span><span style="font-size: medium;">thought
it was scandalous</span><span style="font-size: medium;">, but
didn’t say so. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">My
old boyfriend would never go to a leadership training for community
organizing, but he doesn’t say so. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Now
it is 1 oclock Wed morn and the Moon is past my Mercury in 20 Aries.
I’ve written a post that’s way too long and taken a big basket of
hours. But it’s here, for me to remember.</span></div>
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Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-41323214281638662862019-06-14T10:03:00.000-04:002019-06-14T10:37:59.607-04:00Frequency of wi fi WavesI think I googled frequency of cellphone waves. I had just sent my sister a text including "hugs across the cell towers" and it got me to thinking. Well, this is the link I chose - <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/builtonfacts/2009/09/17/wifi-and-radiation" target="_blank">wavelength of wi fi</a>. I love these relative puzzles. Sometimes I picture 2 thousand Barbie dolls treading water between the crests of 2 waves at the beach. I lived at Holden Beach for a few years when I was in high school. I think the Barbie dolls represent water molecules in proportion to the length of a wave of green light. Might be wrong, haven't done that meditation in a while. I also can't remember why I used Barbie dolls in the visualization, maybe because they make me think of a super long line of Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. When I lived in Vienna, VA I went to a dance school led by the coolest teacher. Her name was Mrs. Cuppet. My mom said she had was a former Rockette.<br />
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Below is chart for 9:30, a minute or two after I read the linked article. I liked the article so much I wanted to save it somewhere handy.<br />
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<br />Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-11248737251191205032019-04-25T13:49:00.000-04:002019-04-25T13:49:35.064-04:00The chart has Marsilio Ficino in the heading. That's just left over from yesterday reading the Isaac Newton bio. I came across a reference to Ficino and looked him up. He was a Renaissance astrologer who translated Plato's works into Latin. I made a chart for the moment I read about how he wrote against predictive astrology.<br />
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But that was yesterday, when the Moon was lined up with Saturn. "Good work," I thought, "this biography is strange and slow going, but I am finding astrologers who I can look to for my base." It makes me feel that I have a firm foundation, now that I can refer to respected philosophers who frown on making predictions. <br />
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Now, today the Moon is lining up with Pluto. You can see where I put a blue highlight over Saturn, Moon and Pluto in the 6th house. They just sunk under the western horizon about an hour ago. <br />
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While they were above the horizon, in the 7th house of partnership, I was studying how to add a PayPal button to my blog. When I took a break to make lunch before going to clean a house, I thought about how frustrating it would have been if I had felt really eager to get that button up. I remembered advice that came in my email from an astrology site. They mentioned Saturn getting ready to turn retrograde, that it will back off its approach to Pluto. They said anything not taken care of now will come back with a vengeance when Saturn goes forward again and lines up with Pluto in the new year.<br />
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I love the astrology service that sent the email. I recommend them often. They provide the most extensive free calculation services I know of on the web. But I thought that ominous, "you had better get something done or face consequences months from now," was unsettling, and i was glad I have my own ideas of what Saturn regressing from Pluto is all about.<br />
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It reminds me why I am so passionate about people being comfortable reading a chart. The only way to be at peace with the many cycles in our solar system is to follow them.<br />
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As I worked toward accepting payment for astrology consultations I considered how much I value silence, and time to study and meditate. I am not a perky, feel good astrologer. I am comfortable on the outskirts of society where there are few distractions. That doesn't seem like a recipe for business success. But since Moon is lining up with distant Pluto right now these thoughts don't disturb me. I've observed my changing moods every month as the Moon approaches the demoted planet and I know this is just a reminder of how I am an outsider among a world of outsiders.<br />
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Also, I have contemplated previous events when Saturn lined up with Pluto - like Nov 1982 or Aug 1947. I've thought about what was going on around the globe as well as in my little life. Then there is the rest of the cycle between the two planets; when they are separating, when they are opposing.....they are always in some stage of a relationship to each other. <br />
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That's what I want to help other people do, gain their own familiarity with the cycles. Maybe it will happen and maybe it won't!<br />
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Mary Pat Kellagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820785157584775220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148429744596763446.post-24738209017973615722019-04-19T09:23:00.000-04:002019-04-19T09:35:13.298-04:0021st Century SupremicismThe chart below has a purple highlight over Mars in the first house. It is about to "show itself" on the Eastern horizon.<br />
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I was reading the Wikipedia article about silver nitrate. They said it used to be called luner caustic by the alchemists, because they believed it was associated with the Moon. I got irritated by the umpteenth remark implying that ancestors exploring the technical wizardry of nature were ignorant. Among the Greeks techne and sophe both referred to skill. So philosophy meant the study of how nature works it's skillful magic.<br />
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Naturally a bit of poetry was used to describe the exalted processes of nature's works, in the same way modern physicists call quarks (quarks!) charmed or strange, or categorize quarks and gluons ...Gluons! ("They believed it was associated with glue.")... Modern use of poetic language to describe the wonders of nature is only more enlightened than previous generations BECAUSE of the knowledge they passed on to us.<br />
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I am reading Priest of Nature, biography of Isaac Newton, and am constantly wondering at the modern supremicist judgements scattered throughout the work. The author is presenting a lot of really good info, some straight from Newton's manuscripts, and info about what Newton read, but he makes repeated judgements about Newton's attitudes that make me wonder if he has fully synthesized Newton's life circumstances.<br />
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When he makes offhand remarks about Newton's seething anger with Trinitaran Christian dogma being over the top, I wonder if he would make similar criticisms of my friends' extreme anger with the current state of our government.<br />
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So there i was, seriously irritated with the constant, obligatory negative remarks about alchemists. One day they will say of us, "They believed a big man in a red suit rode a sled through the sky and brought presents to allll the children in the world," and how many of us will recognize that we are on the receiving end of the same prejudiced sloppy thinking that we use to describe the studious work of our ancestors.<br />
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I like to look at charts of the sky to see what's up when I notice strong emotions rising in me. Mars rising. Mars in Gemini. I felt a militancy about communication rising at that moment.<br />
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You could say I believe Mars rising was associated with that moment. Especially if you take 'belief' to mean 'holding something dear.'. But you must then remember the same could be said about nuclear physicists and their color charges of quarks. Poetic language is a tool to aid the memory. Making intellectual connections between various natural phenomena is a way of organizing the sensory input of the world we live in.<br />
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Throwing Newton and other students of nature in the same category as people who take colorful stories as literal truth reflects badly on the categorizers.<br />
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